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PART I. 



The Examination Papers of 1888, i 
1892, 1893 



, 1890, i! 



PART II. 



The Examination Papers of 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 
1898, 1899 



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ARITHMETIC, GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY. 

HISTORY, SPELLl^l?, 

AND BREWING 




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C2. College of the City of New York, 1888. 

W Arithmetic. 



1. (a) When is a common fraction said to be in its lowest 
terms ? 

(b) When are four numbers said to form a proportion ? 

(c) What is meant by the present worth of a sum of 
money due six months hence ? 

(d) What is a minuend ? a subtrahend ? a quotient ? 

2. (a) Reduce to its simplest form the following ex- 
pression : 

a of n of I „ i ^ 4. 
f of3i "^ I • 

(b) Add together (using the least Common Dividend) 

3 4 15 
¥' ¥' ^' 6"- 

(c) Divide If by -|- 

3. (a) What is the effect of multiplying the denominator 
of a fraction by a whole number. ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form : 

Forty hundred thousandths. 

Nine hundred and twenty-four millionths. 

Two thousand, one hundred and twelve thousandths. 

(b) Divide 5.6 by .00014. 

(c) Reduce y|-^ to a decimal. 

5. («) Addthe following decimals : 3.123, .00084, 200.1. 

(b) Subtract 2.0046 from 3.3. 

(c) Multiply 1.001 by 33.0004. 

(d) What denominator is always understood with every 
decimal fraction ? 

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4 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 

G. {(f) What is tlie effect upon the value of a decimal 
fraction of moving the decimal point one i)lace to the right ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

7. If it costs $100 to carpet a room 24 feet long and 21 
feet wide with carpet of a certain quality, how much will it 
cost to carpet a room which is 31 feet C inches long, and 
18 feet wide, with carpet worth 20^ more per yard ? 

8. A dealer bought in the country 500 bushels of pota- 
toes for 50 cents a bushel and shipped them to New York 
for sale. The freight was 2J cents per bushel ; cartage in 
New York on the whole was $7.50, and one-tenth of them 
Avere damaged on the way so as to be unsalable. At what 
price per bushel must he sell the remainder so as neither to 
make nor lose on the transaction ? 

9. A man spends 25^ of his capital for a house, puts 
60^ of the remainder into his business, and invests the rest 
in bonds bearing Qfo interest. From these bonds he receives 
an income of $1,200 per annum. AVhat is his entire capital ? 

10. A, B, and can togetlier do a piece of work in 3 days. 
A alone can do it in 12 days : and B. alone can do it in 6 
days. In how many days can C alone do it ? 

English. 

1. Use each of the following words in a separate sentence, 
showi-ig the correct use of the word : 

(a) Betrayed ; (I?) apparent ; (c) faltering ; (d) sympa- 
thy ; (e) anonymous. 

2. (a) What is a participle ? Give an example of an im- 
perfect participle. 

{b) What is the comparative degree of adjectives ? 
Give the comparative of "ill." 

(c) What are modes or moods ? What mood is em- 
ployed in the example " if he were"? 

(d) How do intransitive and passive verbs differ ? Write 
a sentence of at least ten words, using an intransitive verb 
as the predicate. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 5 

(e) State the difference between an interrogative and a 
relative pronoun. Construct a sentence showing the use of 
both pronouns. 

3. Construct a compound sentence of not less than twenty 
words, one of the clauses of which shall be complex. 

4. Construct a complex sentence of not less than fifteen 
words, with an infinitive phrase as the subject. 

5. Analyze the following : 

/^ Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! 
Let the dead Past bury its dead ! '^ 

6. Analyze the following : 

" In the middle of the night, and under all the rest of 
our distresses, one of the men, that had been down on pur- 
pose to see, cried out we had sprung a leak." 

7. The following examples, showing the careless use of 
language in advertisements, are from an article in Chamhers' 
Journal. You are required to correct the errors and give a 
short reason for the corrections. 

{a) A shop in Cheapside warns everybody against un- 
scrupulous persons ^^ who infringe our title to deceive the 
public." 

{p) The proprietor of an eating-house near the docks 
has on his door the notice to the gallant tars who frequent 
the port : " Sailors' vitals cooked here." 

(c) A boarding-house keeper announces in one of the 
papers that " he has a cottage to let containing eight rooms 
and an acre of land." 

{d) A dealer in cheap shoes makes this announcement. 
^^ Ladies wishing these cheap shoes will do well to call soon 
as they will not last long." 

(e) The same carelessness appears in the following : 
" This hotel will be kept open by a widow of the former 
landlady who died last summer on a new and improved 
plan." 

8. Write a short letter, the body of which shall not be 
less than twelve lines in length, properly dated, addressed 



6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 

to 3'Oiir iiucle, and signed Tliomas Gilbert ; [innouncing that 
your father is about to sail for Europe ; mentioning the 
length of time he is likely to be absent and the countries he 
intends to visit, and adding such other particulars as would 
be proper in a letter of this sort. 

Geography. 
• I. (a) Sketch an outline map of the United States, omit- 
ting Alaska. 

{!)) Locate on this map the following ranges of moun- 
tains : Blue, Cumberland, Coast Eange, Sierra Kevada, 
Cascade. 

(c) Locate on the same map the following rivers and 
lakes : Missouri, Mississippi, Hudson, Lake Michigan, Lake 
Erie. 

(d) Locate on the same map the following cities : Bos- 
ton, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, Galveston, Phila- 
delphia, Buffalo, St. Louis, Washington, Charleston. 

2. From what State or States do we obtain silver, copper, 
gold, mercury, petroleum, salt, sugar, cotton, rice, wheat ? 

3. Through what waters and near what countries would 
you pass in the most direct course, (a) from New York to 
Odessa ? (b) from San Francisco to Calcutta ? 

4. (a) What is the highest portion of the continent of 
Asia ? 

(5) What is the most northerly portion of the mainland 
of Europe ? 

(c) Which is the larger, the Caspian Sea or Lake Su- 
perior ? 

(d) Does the Volga feed or drain the Caspian Sea ? 

(e) What mountain ranges or elevations of land deter- 
mine the general directions of the rivers of North America ? 

5. (a) What is the size and form of the earth ? 

(b) What is physical geography ? 

(c) What is meant by longitude ? 

(d) What is the latitude of New York City ? 

(e) Explain the phenomena of day and night. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. f 

History. 

1. Give an account of tlie voyages of Columbus. A¥hy 
was not the New World named after him ? 

2. State when, where, and why the ^' Pilgrim Fathers '^ 
settled in America. 

3. Name the several wars, with dates, in which the colo- 
nists took part, down to the Revolution. Which was most 
important and why ? 

4. Give the names of the thirteen colonies and group 
them according to their governments ; charter, proprietary, 
etc. Were the people of the colonies alike in nationality, 
religion, or other respects ? State the differences. 

5. Describe the events of the Eevolutionary War in the 
South in the year 1780. Full account. 

6. What were the causes of the Mexican War ? What part 
did General Scott take in it ? 

7. Valley Forge, Wyoming, Lookout Mountain, Appomat- 
tox, Tippecanoe, Carteret, Wayne, Seward, Burr, Meade. 
Why are these names of places and persons prominent in 
our history ? 

8. Name the Presidents of the United States, and give 
dates, from Madison to Buchanan, inclusive. Give the 
{)rincipal events of Jackson's administration. 

9. Give the Southern and Northern views of the seces- 
sion question. 

10. What is the Federal Constitution ? Give a full his- 
tory of its adoption ; why, where, and when. 

Spellin"G. 

Capacity is an absolute necessity of naval command, as the 
fate of the Spanish Armada signally showed, and the most 
patrician communities have one by one been compelled to 
yield up the claims of rank and descent in the command of 
the -sea. It is the arena where new men can rise to power, 
and among the Vikings were men who felt this and rose ac- 
cordingly. Hence the difficulty of identifying the greatest 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 



among them in tliat ninth c 
midst of the destructive Avor 
occupancy. 

An attack of ague. 
The skilful artisan. 
Anxious thoughts. 
Individual peculiarities. 
A disastrous engagement. 
Lincoln. 
Bismarck. 
Teneriffe. 
Sumatra. 



entury, when they were in the 
k that preceded settlement and 

An arbitrary decision. 
A prolific brain. 
Triumphant shouts. 
Wholesome correction. 
A handsome legacy. 

Idaho. 

Amherst. 

Boulogne. 

Hebrides. 



Normal College. 



Arithmetic. 

1. Define quantity, number, figure. Explain the differ- 
ence betweennumber and figure. Explain briefly the Eoman 
method of notation. Write the present year in Eoman char- 
acters. What is a common fraction ? Upon what does the 
value of a fraction depend ? Why are fractions reduced to 
a common denominator before they can be added ? 

2. A man has 20f acres in one field, 404- acres in another, 
and f as many acres in a third as in the other two ; how 
many has he altogether ? 

3. What is ratio ? What is proportion ? Why must the 
first and second terms of a proportion be of the same name 
or kind ? 

It requires -§- of a bushel of oats to keep 4 horses -^ of a 
day ; how many horses will 9 bushels feed |- of a day ? 

4. AVhat is per cent ? Write decimally -J of 1^. 
Bought apples at -|- of a cent each and sold them at ^ 

of a cent each ; required the gain per cent. 

5. What is the face of a note at 90 days, the proceeds of 
which, discounted at a bank at 6^, are $2,000 ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 9 

6. A man bought a house, agreeing to pay -J in 4 months, 
J in 9 months, and the remainder in a year. Find the aver- 
age time of credit. 

7. Sold $460 uncurrent money at ffo discount. Find the 
discount and market value. 

8. What principal will in 3 years, 8 months, 15 days, at 
Qfo, give I76.09i interest ? 



English. 

1. ISTame the different kinds of pronouns. Write a sen- 
tence to illustrate each kind. 

Write a sentence with the word what used as an ad- 
jective. 

Correct '^Men and Boys Clothing.'' 

2. What is a compound sentence ? Write an example ? 
Write a complex sentence. Show the difference between a 
compound and a complex sentence. Write a coippound sen- 
tence with four co-ordinate clauses. 

3. Write a sentence containing the word order as a noun 
and as a verb. Give an illustration of a descriptive adjective 
used as a noun ; of a numeral adjective used as a noun. 

Construct a sentence with a verb in the active voice 
and change it into the passive voice without altering the 
meaning. 

4. ^^At the first stage of his journey, a trial of his ten- 
derest feelings awaited him in a public dinner given him at 
Alexandria, by his neighbors and personal friends, among 
whom he had lived in the constant interchange of kind 
offices, and who were so well aware of the practical benef- 
icence of his private character." — Washington Irving. 

Analyze the above sentence very briefly. Tell the kind 
of sentence. Write out and number each clause and give 
the modifiers of had lived. 

5. Parse given, him (after given), had lived, aware, and so. 



10 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 

Geography. 

1. New York is 71° west longitude and San Francisco 
about 122° west longitude. li it is 9 o'clock a.m. in the 
former, what o'clock is it in the latter ? 

2. Give as near as you can the direction of the following 
cities from J^ew York : MoMIe, A^igusta, Montreal, Naples, 
Copenhagen, Melbourne, Montevideo, Calcutta, Teheran, and 
Odessa. 

3. Give the capitals of Greece, Switzerland, Egypt, Chili, 
Peru, Canada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, Vermont. 

4. Bound Pennsylvania. Name its capital city ; its largest 
city and five other cities of importance. 

5. Name the States on each side of the Mississippi ; those 
that border the great lakes ; and those on the Pacific coast. 

6. What is latitude ? What is the greatest longitude a 
place can have ? 

7. How can you tell with certainty the "true south ?'' 

8. What are the general productions of the temperate 
zone ? of the torrid zone ? 

9. Why have great cities as a rule been built on the sea- 
coast or on rivers ? and what great invention of modern times 
will perform the duty formerly done by the great rivers ? 

10. Why are elevated places cooler than those on the 
plain ? 

11. Name four of the great railroad centres of the United 
States.' 

12. Bound France. Name its capital and five of its im- 
portant cities. 

13. On what rivers are the following cities : Delhi, Berlin, 
Eome, Bagdad, Vienna ? 

14. Where would you find Santa Fe, St. Augustine, St. 
Paul, Sacramento and San Jose ? 

15. Name five mountain ranges in Europe. 

16. Name three capes on the coast of North Carolina. 

17. Bound the State of Missouri. Name its capital and 
its largest city. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 11 

18. Name six of the great rivers of the United States ; 
state where they rise and into what bodies of water they 
discharge themselves. 

19. Through what waters would a vessel pass in going 
from Albany, N. Y., to Hartford, Ct. ? Name five cities 
she would pass by. 

20. A city is 10° 30' due north of another city. How 
many geographical miles are they apart ? 

History. 

1. (a) What great idea prompted the discovery of Amer- 
ica ? 

(b) Give a brief account of the discovery of America 
by Coluriibus and of his subsequent voyages. 

(c) Write a brief account of the voyages and discov- 
eries of Cartier. 

(d) What great Englishman attempted to found settle- 
ments in North America in 1583, '84, and '85 ? Name two 
of the navigators who sailed under his patronage. 

{e) What part of North America was claimed by Eng- 
land, and why ? 

2. (a) Which one of the original thirteen States was first 
settled ? When, where, and by whom was it settled ? What 
was the character of the first settlers ? 

(i) What State was settled in 1614 ? By what people 
was it settled ? How long did they hold possession of it ? 

(c) When and by whom was Massachusetts settled ? 
Describe briefly the character of those people. 

(d) Name two of the early Indian wars and state their 
causes. 

(e) What was the cause of King William's war, and by 
what treaty was it terminated ? 

3. (a) What excuse did the English government make in 
1764 for taxing the American colonies ? What reason did 
the colonists assign for resisting taxation ? 

(b) Where and when did the Second Colonial Congress 
meet ? Who was its president ? 



18 COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1888. 

(c) Give tlic iniportiint events oi' 1770 ;is nearly as you 
can in chronological order. 

(d) Give a brief sketch of Washington, stating when 
and where born, his education, first employment, military 
training, and at least tliree btittles of the Revolution in 
which he figured in person. 

{e) Name four distinguished statesmen of the Revo- 
lution. 

4. (a) What great measure was passed by Congress in 
1787 ? What influence had this measure on the growth of 
the country ? 

(Z») AVhat is the Federal Constitution ? Who was the 
first President under this Constitution ? 

(c) What territories have the United States purchased 
at diiferent times, and from whom ? 

(d) What ^^ right " did Great Britain claim, which was 
the chief cause of the war of 1812-15 ? 

(e) Name the Presidents in order from Washington to 
Cleveland, and name those who were re-elected. 

5. (a) Who was President during the Mexican War ? 
Why were a portion of the New England people sternly op- 
posed to this war ? Name three American generals who 
distinguished themselves in this war. 

{b) What celebrated measures were passed by Congress 
in 1819-20 and 1850 ? How did the admission of Texas and 
the acquisition of new territory to the Pacific interfere with 
the celebrated act of 1819-20 ? 

(c) What do you mean by a civil war ? From your 
general reading, name some civil wars that took place in 
other countries. Why did the South take up arms against 
the Union ? Why was the North bound to succeed in the 
long run ? Who was commander-in-chief of all the land and 
naval forces of the United States from 1861 to 1865 ? 

(d) What great fortification was captured by Grant in 
July, 1863 ? Who was the Confederate commander ? Give 
a brief account of the capture of this stronghold. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1888. 13 

(e) What two great generals were opposed to each other 
in the series of skirmishes and battles that immediately pre- 
ceded the capture of Atlanta ? Who superseded the Con- 
federate commander at a critical moment ? What American 
hero captured the city of Mobile ? 

Spellii^g. 

The adojjtion of the Federal Constitution was another 
epoch in the life of Washington. Before the official forms 
of an election could be carried into operation a unanimous 
sentiment tlirougliout the Union pronounced him the na- 
tion's choice for the presidential chair. He looked forward 
to the possihility of his election with characteristic modesty 
and unfeigned reluctance, as his letters to his confidential 
friends bear witness. ^'It has no fascinating allurements 
for me/' writes he to Lafayette, " Let those follow the pur- 
suits of ambition who have a Iceener relish for them." In 
reply to a letter from Colonel Henry Lee, he wrote : ^^The 
event to which you allude may never happen. This con- 
sideration alone would supersede the expediency of announc- 
ing any definitive and irrevocable resolution.'' 

At the frontier of Pennsylvania he was met by his for- 
mer companion in arms, Mifflin, now Governor of the State, 
who with Judge Peters and a civil and military escort was 
waiting to receive him. Washington had hoped to be spared 
all military ^ar«(ie, but found it was not to be evctded. At 
Chester there were preparations for a public entrance into 
Philadelphia. 

The ladies of Trenton had caused a triumphal arch to be 
erected. It was entivined with evergreens and laurels and 
bore the inscription, " The defender of the mothers will be 
the protector of the daughter s.^^ ^ever was ovation more 
graceful, touching, and sincere. His progress through N"ew 
Jersey afforded a contrast to his wesiYj marchings to and fro, 
harassed with doubts 'dnd j)erplexities, in the time of the 
Revolution. 



14 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 

College of the City of New York 1889. 

Arithmetic. 

1. {a) Define a common fraction : 
(b) A compound fraction ; 
(6') A decimal fraction ; 

(d) Give the rule for the multiplication of one decimal 
fraction by another. 

(e) Wliat is discount ? 

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2. (a) Add the following fractions : f of |- of ■^^, ^ 

To 



2i 
(b) Find the value of the following : i of | 



fotv 



3. (a) Write in a decimal form : Yofro- tw- ftf • 

(b) How do you most easily multiply a decimal by 10 ? 

(c) Divide 16. by 4.; by 400.; by .004. 
'{d) Multiply 41 by .0006. 

4. In multiplying f by -| explain why cancelling the 3 in 
the numerator and denominator will give a correct result. 

5. Divide 3.25 by .5 and explain the reason of the rule for 
pointing off the decimal places in the quotient. 

6. AVhat sum of money put at interest for 2 years 9 months 
and 9 days, at 6^ per annum, will produce 12,951.80 ? 

7. A certain cistern can be filled by one pipe in 10 hours, 
by another in 6 hours, and can be emptied by a third in 5 
hours. In how many hours can it be filled if all three pipes 
are opened at once ? 

8. An importer bought in France 1,000 pieces of a certain 
goods at 140 per piece. The duty paid on importing the 
goods was 50^ of the cost, and the freight and other 
charges were in all $1,500. For how much per piece must 
he sell the goods so as to make 20^ ? 

9. Two men start from two towns 105 miles apart and 
walk toward each other. They meet at the end of 15 hours. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 15 

The first has travelled 3 miles per hour. At what rate has 
the second travelled ? 

10. If 10 men working 8 hours per day can build a cer- 
tain wall in 6 days, how many hours a day must 12 men 
work to build the same wall in 4 days ? 

En^glish. 

Analyze the following sentences, 1 and 2. If the candi- 
date prefers to diagram one or both of them he may do so. 

1. "In the Acadian land, on the shores of the basin of 

Minas 
Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre 
Lay in the fruitful valley.'' 

2. *' Alas ! the meanest herb that scents the gale, 

The lowliest flower that blossoms in the vale 
Even where it dies, at Spring's sweet call renews 
To second life its odors and its hues." 

3. (a) What is a sentence .? Name the different kinds of 
sentences. 

(b) What is a phrase ? Name the different kinds of 
phrases. 

{c) What is the difference between a phrase and a 
clause ? 

{d) What is the difference between a compound and a 
complex sentence ? 

4. Correct the errors in the following examples, a, i, c, 
and d, being particular to give in each case the reason for the 
correction ; and answer the inquiry in e. 

{a) J' Who is there ? It is me." 

(b) " If you had been working all morning like we have 
you would be glad to rest." 

(c) " You can't deny but what you received notice." 

(d) " If any pupil has seen the lost book, I shall be glad 
if they will let me know." 

(e) " If he were here, he would answer for himself." 

Why is were used after he 9 



16 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 

• 5. (a) In what ways is the plural of nouns formed ? Give 
an example of each. 

(b) Give the feminine of the following nouns : Bachelor, 
Boy, Drake, Earl, Gander, Ram, Hart, Wizard. 

(r) What is meant by a part of speech ? What is in- 
flection in grammar ? 

(d) What part of speech undergoes the most change by 
inflection ? Give the singular and plural of one example. 

(c) What are the two simple rules for the use of the 
auxiliaries shall and will 9 

Geography. 

1. How high is the highest mountain on the earth ? What 
is the diameter of the earth in miles ? 

2. Through what two points on the earth's surface do all 
meridians pass ? Borneo and Iceland each extending over 
ten degrees of longitude, which is the longer in miles ? 

3. Which State borders on four of the five great lakes ? 
Which two other States border each on two lakes ? 

4. Where are the following European cities (give country, 
part of country, river or sea in and on which each lies) : 
Antwerp, Belfast, Copenhagen, Malaga, Palermo, Eouen, 
Warsaw, Zurich ? 

5. Name the European countries of which Algeria, the 
Azores, Ceylon, Egypt, Greenland, Java, and Victoria, are 
severally dependencies ? 

6. How would you go, eastward, from Vera Cruz to the 
Philippine Islands ? Through what waters and by what 
islands would you pass ? 

7. Where are the following South American cities : Bahia, 
Bogota, Callao, Cayenne, Maracaybo, Quito, Rio Janeiro, 
Valparaiso ? 

8. Where are these capes : Hatteras, Land's End, Race, 
St. Roque ? 

9. Where are Anam, Bokhara, the Congo Free State, 
Corea, Manitoba, Morocco, the Orange Free State, Servia ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 17 

10. Draw a map showing the course of the Mississippi 
from its source to its mouth. Indicate its junction with its 
principal tributaries ; mark off the States on both banks and 
name them, and locate the capitals of these States. 



History. 

1. Explain the origin of the names (a) " America/"^ (b) 
"United States/' {c) "Xew York," {d) '^Georgia.'' State 
fully why tliey were applied and when. 

2. Describe the colonists of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 
and Maryland, showing in what respects they differed from 
each other. Include a brief account of their first settle- 
ments. 

3. Give a sketch of Queen Anne's War. ISTame the princi- 
pal Indian wars since 1776, giving dates. 

4. Show that the period from 1765 to 1775 was an impor- 
tant one in our history. G-ive the chief events in order. 

5. How far did France assist us in the Eevolutionary 
War ? Who was Steuben ? AYhat services did General 
Greene render in the struggle ? 

6. Washington as President : state all you know respect- 
ing his administration, naming events, public measures, 
cabinet ministers, etc. 

7. Who were Marquette, Stuyvesant, Irving, Morse, AVar- 
ren, Andros, Webster, Seward, Fulton ? ^NTame six of our 
prominent naval heroes since 1775. 

8. Give the substance of the amendments to the Constitu- 
tion adopted since the Civil War. What other questions 
were settled by that war ? 

9. Give an account of the chief military operations of the 
year 1863. What bearing did they have on the result ? 

10. What is meant by the "Federal Union,'' and what 
tie holds it together ? What form of government do we 
have in this State, and when was it adopted ? 



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COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 

Spelling. 



The queen is upon terms of the greatest cordiality with 
Lord Melbourne, and very naturally. Everything is new 
and delightful to her. She is surrounded with the most 
exciting and interesting enjoyments ; her occupations, her 
pleastires, her business, her court, all present an unceasing 
round of gratifications. With all her prudoice and discretion 
she has great animal spirits, and enters into the magnificent 
novelties of her position with the zest and curiosity of a child. 



Bachelor. 


Electrotype. 


Amuse. 


Deceit. 


Foreign. 


Answer. 


Decrease. 


Centennial. 


Dakota. 


Appetite. 


Doubtful. 


Moscow. 


Elephant. 


Barometer. 


Nicaragua. 


Acre. 


Calico. 


Dardanelles. 


Bullion. 


Furious. 


Paraguay. 


Eecitation. 


Agreeable. 


Jefferson. 


Delicacy. 


Cemetery. 


Massachusetts. 


Behavior. 


Advice. 


Pennsylvania. 




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2. A can do a piece of work in |- of an hour ; B can do |- 
of it in one hour. In what time can both do it ? 

3. What is the difference between the interest and the time 
discount of 1576 due 16 months hence at 6^ ? 

4. What decimal of 7 bu. 1 pk. 5 qt. is 82 bu. 3 pk. 1 qt. ? 

5. How much can be realized yearly from an investment 
of 16,900 in a 4-J-^ stock, bought at 86, brokerage Ifo ? 

6. The interest on a note for 2 y. 6 mo. at 7^ was 1118.23. 
What was the face of the note ? 

7. Bought the following bills on 4 months : September 9th, 
1880, 1140 ; October 9th, $160 ; November 6th, $200. What 
is the average time of payment ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 19 

8. A merchant sold goods for 1150 and lost lOfo, whereas 
he should have gained 30fo. How much were they sold under 
their proper value ? 

9. If 25 men working 8 hours a day do f of a piece of work in 
24 days, in how many days of 10 hours each will 30 men 
finish the piece of work ? 

10. In what time will $12,000 yield $2,500 at 4^^ ? 

E:n^glish. 

I. 

I am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such 
filth as thou art. Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the 
youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. It will be 
proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually 
talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no 
Christian ear can endure to hear. Henry VI. 

1. What kind of a sentence is the first sentence ? 

2. What kind of a sentence is the second sentence ? 

3. What kind of a sentence is the third sentence ? 

4. In the first sentence write the kind of clauses accord- 
ing to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial. 

5. In the third sentence write the kind of clauses accord- 
ing to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial. 

6. Define clause s^nd phrase. 

7. Parse the following words : Besom, that (1), must, siueep, 
clean, grammar-school, in, that (2), tliat (3), such. 

8. Write the potential mood, past perfect [pluperfect] 
tense of the verb to write. 

9. What is a passive verb ? How is it formed ? AYrite a 
compound sentence of three clauses containing the passive 
voice of the verbs love, esteem, reverence. 

10. Construct a complex sentence with one adjective and 
two adverbial clauses. 

11. 
1. Write a letter of application for a position as teacher 
in the ward in which you live. 



1^ COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 

[Credit will be given for arrangement, for correctness of 
langiuige, iov punctuation, for the right use of capitals, and 
for orthograpluj.^ 

2. Define garriso7i, instigate, repentance, remorse, Jiallow, 
and use each word in a separate sentence. 

3. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

Trav my lord sir John umfrevile turned me back 

With joyful Tidings and Being Better Horsed. 

out rode me after him came spurring hard 

a Gentleman almost forspent with speed 

That stopped by me to breathe his Bloodied Horse 

he asked the way to Chester and of him 

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury 

he told me that Eebellion had ill luck 

And that Young Harry Percy's spur was cold. 

4. Convert the following into simple sentences : 

^' When I had done this I returned." 
*^I came that I might assist you."*' 
Correct the following and give reason : 

" The reveries of a batchelor " were written by D. G. 
Mitchell. 

Geogbaphy. 

1. How many degrees from the Equator to the Tropic of 
Cancer ? What is the width of the North Temperate Zone ? 
What is the latitude of New York ? Name three important 
cities in Europe having nearly the same latitude. 

2. From what countries does the United States import 
coffee ? wines ? sugar ? State in general the chief produc- 
tions of the Northwestern States ; the chief exports of the 
United States. What made New York State the greatest of 
the United States, and Ncav York City the centre of com- 
merce in the Western World ? To what distinguished 
governor is New York indebted for its greatness ? 

3. Locate the following cities : Denver, Santa Fe, Milwau- 
kee, Louisville, and Toledo. Name the States that touch the 
west side of the Mississippi. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1889. 21 

4. Xame the j^olitical divisious of South America and the 
capital of each. Locate the following cities : Montevideo, 
Callao, Santiago, Pernamhuco, and Caracas. 

5. Bound European Russia. Xame its capital, three great 
rivers, and two mountain chains. 

6. Through wdiat waters would a vessel sail in going from 
Odessa to Riga with a cargo of wheat ? 

7. What waters separate Great Britain from Ireland ? 
Xame the largest four cities in Great Britain. State in 
round numbers the population of London. 

8. What seas touch the east coast of Asia ? Xame three 
great cities of Ilindostan. What is the capital of Beloo- 
chistan ? 

9. Bound Africa. What channel between Madagascar and 
the continent of Africa ? Through what waters wx)uld a ship 
sail in going from Londoii to Calcutta by the shortest route ? 

10. Locate the following cities : Melbourne, Sydney, and 
Holarttown. 

History. 

1.' From what monarchs did Columbus beg in vain for aid 
to enable him to discover a j)assage to the East Indies ? 
What sovereigns finally furnished him with an outfit ? With 
how many vessels did he sail ? With how many did he reach 
the West Indies, and with how many did he return ? 

2. Who were the Puritans ? Why were they so called ? 
When and where did they land in America ? What States did 
they settle ? What Indian w^ars occurred in Xew England ? 
What form of government did the Puritans establish ? 

3. Who settled Virginia, Xorth and South Carolina ? 
What was the character of the first settlers ? When was 
South Carolina first settled ? 

4. State the causes of the French and Indian War, and of 
the Revolutionary War. State the most important event in 
each of the following years : 1759, 1763, 1775, 1776, 1777. 

5. What great American was mainly instrumental in se- 
curing French aid and in forming the treaty of alliance with 



22 COLLECJE QUESTIONS— 1889. 

Fnince ? Name lour distiiiguislicd Froucliiiion who aided 
America in the Eevolution. 

*6. AVhat is tlie Constitution of the United States ? What 
are the three great divisions of tlie government ? Wliich 
division imposes taxes ? Which enforces tlie hiws ? 

7. What States were introduced into the Union between 
1789 and 1800 ? What was the Missouri Compromise ? Give 
its date. 

8. What historical event is connected with each of the fol- 
lowing names : Oliver H. Perry, Samuel F. B. Morse, De 
Witt Clinton, Mason and Slidell, and John Ericsson ? 

9. What States passed ordinances of secession after the 
general election of 1860 ? 

10. What Union officer commanded the land forces at An- 
tietam ? at Gettysburg ? at Atlanta ? at Vicksburg ? and 
the naval forces at Mobile ? 

Spelling. 

1. The marble palace of the sovereign, with its arcades and 
corridors, its terraces and courts, " its lakes and groves and 
gardens, filled a circuit of ten miles ; its wide expanse of 
roof, profusely wrought in gold, rested upon hundreds of 
pillars of pure gold cunningly adorned in arabesque of azure 
to heighten the native richness of the yellow metal. 

2. The rage of the Portuguese and the admiration of the 
Spaniards were alike blind. Neither nation was aware that 
the newly discovered land was inhabited by savages. The 
general impression prevailed that the Bahama Islands and 
the West Indies were only outlying portions of Catliay. 

3. He rode to the heacli on a chestnut horse which he tied 
to a branch of a leech tree. He waited for the tide to rise 
and then with oars he rowed o'er the river. He met a young 
Da7ie who would not deign to help him to load his boat with 
a hale of cotton. A stranger said he would go hail for his 
wages. 

Philip. Canada. 

Hannibal. Jamaica. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 

Matthew. Havana. 

Benjamin. ^ Savannah. 

Ephraim. Missouri. 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

Aeithmetic. 

1. (a) What is a common fraction ? 

(b) What is a decimal fraction ? 

(c) What is ratio ? 

{d) AVhen are four numbers said to be in proportion ? 

2. (a) Divide If by -J. 

(b) Reduce the following fractions to equivalent frac- 
tions having their least common denominator : 

2-2. 

A,|offof-,tof i. 
3 

(c) Add together the results obtained in (b). 

3. (a) What fraction of -|- is J ? 

(b) Find the value of '-^ of a mile in rods, yards, feet, 
and inches. 

(c) Eeduce -^ to a decimal fraction. 

4. What is the effect of dividing the denominator of a 
given common fraction by 4 ? Explain the reason of this. 

5. (a) Write in decimal form the following : 

Ten and ten hundredths ; nine millionths ; thirty 
thousandths ; thirteen hundred and forty-two hundredths. 

(b) Add .003, 1.25, 20006. 

(c) Divide .048 by 1600. 

6. (a) Multiply .26 by .0035. 

{b) Divide .006 by 10 by the shortest method. 
(c) Explain the reason of this method. 

7. If 4 men working 8 hours per day can mow a meadow 
in 3 days, how many men working 9 hours per day can mow 
a meadow three times as large in 4 days ? 



34 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 

8. A, B, and C entered into partnership for one year. A 
put in $5,000, B $6,000, and C 1-4,000. At the end of G 
months A withdrew $2,000 and put in $8,000 more. The 
profits at the end of the year were $G,000. Wluit was each 
man's share ? 

9. A bought merchandise from B for $10,000 and gave his 
note for 6 months, without grace, with interest at G^. Just 
when the note was due he sold the goods to for $12,000, 
taking C's note at 3 months without interest, which his bank 
discounted for him at Qfo the same day. After paying his 
note to B, how much money had he remaining ? 

10. A drover bought a drove of 50 cattle for $2,000. He 
sold ^ of them at a gain of 10^ on the average price, and ^ 
of them at a gain of 15^. Half of the remainder, however, 
were so injured in a railroad accident that he could only 
obtain $100 for them. For what price apiece must he sell 
the rest so that his total loss shall be $100 ? 

English. 

1. Give the plural of court-martial, genus, spoonful ; the 
feminine of abbot, hero ; the superlative of ill, much, forth, 
far ; the past participle of begin, shake, drive, cleave, swim. 

Change the following nouns into adjectives by means of 
suffixes : Gold, truth, boy, love, virtue, question. 

2. State the class, mood, and tense of the verbs in the 
following sentences : 

The dream was fled. 
The Lord judge between thee and me. 
I shall not look upon his like again. 
Many acts that had been otherwise blamable were done 
by him. 

3. Analyze the following sentences : 

(a) Epictetus says : " Every matter has two handles, 
one of which will bear taking hold of, the other not." 

{b) Art thou not content that thou hast done some- 
thing conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 25 

paid for it, just as if the eye demanded a recompense for 
seeing ? 

4. Correct the errors in the following sentences : 
I expect it rained here yesterday. 

The soil is adapted for wheat and corn. 
We sorrow not as them that have no hope. 
She is fairer, but not so amiable, as her sister. 
No one ever sustained such mortifications as I have 
done to-day. 

5. Write a simple sentence containing a participial and an 
infinitive phrase. 

Write a compound sentence having two co-ordinate 
members, one of which shall be simple and the other com- 
plex. 

Geography. 

1. Draw a sketch map of the United States without State 
boundaries. 

2. Locate thereon the sugar, cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, 
and lumber belts, and the cities of San Francisco, Denver, 
Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Duluth, Portland, Me., 
Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans. 

3. What is the most direct route from Edinburgh to Bom- 
bay ? Mention, in order, the countries and the waters trav- 
ersed, and the ports at which the traveller lands or embarks. 

4. What European peninsula projects northward from the 
continent ? What Asiatic peninsula westward ? Name two 
pemnsulas in North America, two or three in Europe, three 
or four in Asia, which, project southward. 

5. Name the largest two countries in South America ; the 
smallest two. Which South American country has the long- 
est coast line, absolutely ? Which the longest relatively to 
its area ? 

6. The cities of Belgrade, Berlin, Leipsic, Stuttgart, 
Verona, and Warsaw are at nearly the same distance from 
Vienna. Draw a circle, put Vienna at the centre, and locate 
the six cities on the circumference. Draw another circle, 



26 COLLAGE QUESTIONS— 1 890. 

place Borne at Llie centre, and Cologne, Leghorn, Marseilles, 
Paris, and Venice on the circumference. 

7. Draw the Mississippi and its branches, and give the 
approximate location of each State thereon. 

8. What are air and ocean currents ? How caused ? 
State the name, location, and general direction of the most 
important ones ; their influence upon the climate of conti- 
nents. 

9. Where is Queenstown? Through what channel, what 
sea, and to the mouth of what river does the steamer sail in 
continuing its trip from Queenstown to Liverpool ? And in 
going from Liverpool to Glasgow, past what island, through 
what channel, up what firth and river ? 

10. Name and locate the largest five or six cities on the 
earth. 

HiSTOBT. 

1. Who were the earliest explorers of the Great Lakes and 
the Ohio and the Mississippi Elvers ? Give names, dates, 
and some details. Also, what interesting relics or earth- 
works were found in that part of the country ? 

2. Give a brief account of the settlement of Ehode Island 
and New York. State, also, what occurred in New York 
between the years 1664 and 1674. 

3. How did the French and Indian War differ, in its origin 
and results, from other colonial wars ? Explain the final 
success of the English. 

4. What were the causes of the Eevolutionary War ? 
Name three American victories and three defeats occurring 
between 1776 and 1780. 

5. What large tracts of territory were granted to or pur- 
chased by the United States before 1805 ? What tracts have 
been secured since then, and in what way ? 

6. Name the Presidents who have served two terms, giving 
dates. Who was President during the 1812 War ? Who dur- 
ing the Mexican War ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 



37 



7. On what occasions did the slavery question greatly 
agitate the country ? Give full account of what took place 
in 1850. 

8. State all that you know about Thomas Jefferson and 
Abraham Lincoln. 

9. What questions were settled by the Civil War ? Give 
brief account of the closing military operations in 1865. 

10. What is the present form of government in New York 
State, and when was it adopted ? Who were De Witt Clinton, 
William H. Seward, Millard Fillmore, S. F. B. Morse ? 



Spellii^g. 

The mongoose is one of the drollest of animals, and he has 
no fault except mischief of 2^ personal kind. But for humor- 
ous surprises he has unequalled ingenuity. If a strange lady 
entered, my mongoose slipped out of sight, crept up the 
hangings without a rustle, and when the lady was most i7i- 
terested in explaining her business, he stretched his long body 
and introduced a very cold nose hetween her hair and her 
collar. 

Seizure. 

Shriek. 

Professor. 

Grievance. 

Irritate. 

Obey. 

Criticism. 

Acquit. 

Ehode Island. 



Procession. 

Debtor. 

Address. 

Eeceipt. 

Excitement. 

Telegraphic. 

Programme. 

Wheelwright. 

Bordeaux. 



Synonymous. 

Effervescent. 

Righteous. 

Incessant. 

Campaign. 

Emphasis. 

Scientific. 

Exchange. 

Raleigh. 



Normal College. 

Arithmetic. 



i. When is a fraction said to be written in the vulgar 
form ? In the decimal form ? Write seven thousandths in 
both forms. Express 133^^ decimally ; also as a vulgar frac- 



$8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 

tion without reduction and as a vulgar fraction reduced 
to its lowest terms. State two ways of making a fraction 
smaller. 

2. Find the result of the following operations : 

60— .012 + (f — I) .008. 

3. A sold B goods for 1394 at a loss of l^fc. B sold them 
to at a profit of 1^^. Did they cost C more or less than 
A, and how much ? 

4. All my money is invested at 7^ and my annual income 
in $1,735. How much money have I ? 

5. A merchant bought velvet at 15 a yard; how much 
must he ask for it that he may make a discount of 10^ from 
his asking price and still realize a profit of 15^ ? 

6. How much income annually will be obtained by invest- 
ing 18,010 in 6fo bonds selling at 89 ? 

7. The interest of $500 at 6fo for a certain time is 160 ; 
what principal will yield $75 interest in half the time at 8^ ? 

8. What is the cost of 2 tons, 15 cwt., 2 qr., 15 lbs. of hay 
at $21.50 a ton ? also at $1.12 a cwt. ? 



English. 

I. 

1. What is a part of speech ? Define comparison. Com- 
pare the words little and much. Name two adjectives that 
do not admit of comparison ; and give the reason. 

2. What is an abstract noun? Write a compound sen- 
tence containing two abstract nouns in different clauses. 
What is a collective noun 9 Write two sentences each con- 
taining a collective noun, the one denoting tmity and the 
other plurality of idea. 

3. Write the principal parts of the verbs hurst, sit, set, 
lay, shoe. What is d^ participle 9 How many kinds of par- 
ticiples are there ? Name them. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. 29 

4. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, 
Alike fantastic if too new or old ; 

Be not the first by whom the new is tried, 
ISTor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Pope, 
{a) What kind of a sentence is the above stanza ? {h) 
Name the different clauses, (c) Name the subject and predi- 
cate of each clause, {d) State the kind of clause. 

5. Parse luill hold, alike, neic (in the p^«ond line), is tried 
and last. 

6. Parse ivliat in each of the following lines : 

We know what men we should honor. He does ivhat he 
pleases. 

What ! Does he fancy himself a Caesar ? 

II. 

1. Convert the following into simple sentences : {a) He 
reported that the governor was dead, {h) The scholars who 
were educated by him became distinguished, (c) He told 
the troops that they must not fire on the enemy. 

2. Define the word ijivention. Correct the sentence : 
'' The joy is great which arises from the invention of truth." 
Define vocation and avocation, and construct a sentence con- 
taining both words correctly used. 

3. Write a composition of not more than thirty and not 
less than twenty lines on Abraham Lincoln". [You will 
be marked ior punctuation, use of capitals, the right use of 
ivords and grammatical construction of sentences.] 

4. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

Two Gentlemen of the Country Lindesay and Kirkpatrick 
friends of Bruce were then in attendance on him seeing him 
pale bloody and in much agitation they eagerly inquired 
what was the Matter I doubt said Bruce that I have slain 
the red comyn do you leave such a matter in doubt said 
Kirkpatrick I will make sicker that is I will make certain 
accordingly he and his companion Lindesay rushed into the 
church and made certain with a Vengeance. 



80 COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1890. 

Geogbaphy. 

1. What is a meridian ? Wliat is the first meridian ? How 
many meridians are nsually drawn on a terrestrial globe ? 
and why ? How many degrees are equal to one hour of 
time ? 

2. The meridian of Alexandria (in Egypt) is 30° east and of 
New Orleans 90° west. On March 21st the sun rises at 6 
clock in Alexandria, what is the time then at New Orleans v 

3. Bound Manhattan Island. In what direction are the 
following places from New York City : Mzoark, Paterson, 
Long Island City, Manhattan Beach, Staten Island, Yonlcers, 
Flushing, Trenton, Long Branch, and New Haven ^ 

4. Name the four new States recently admitted into the 
Union. Bound Montana and state its capital. 

5 Locate the following cities: ParamariU, Quito, 
Callao. Santiago, Bahia, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Aspin- 
wall, Caracas, and Asmicion. 

6. Bound Great Britain. Locate the following cities • 
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh. What 
is the most northerly point of Scotland ? The most south- 
erly point of England ? 

7. Name six mountain chains in Europe, and tell where 
they are situated. Name five islands in the Mediterranean 
in the order of their size. 

8. Bound Afghanistan. Name two of its principal cities. 
What island south of British India ? 

9. Through what waters would a ship pass in sailing from 
Liverpool to Calcutta by the shortest route ? 

10. Name the divisions of Australia. Bound New South 
Wales and name its capital. 

History. 

1. How long did the Dutch hold New Amsterdam ? In 
whose reign was it captured by the English ? Who was the 
English military officer who captured it ? Who had the 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1890. ' 31 

better right to the territory, the Dutch or the English ? 
State the reasons. 

2. Describe the Conway Cabal. What was the most im- 
portant battle of the Revolution ? Why ? Who were the 
respective commanders ? Name the members of the commit- 
tee who drafted the Declaration of Independence. What 
important military event virtually ended the Revolutionary 
War? 

3. Name the three great departments of the United States 
government. Who is the chief officer of the national govern- 
ment ? Who is the chief officer of the State government ? 
Who is the chief officer of the city government ? Who is 
the commander-in-chief of all the military and naval forces 
of the United States ? State how a President of the United 
States is elected. 

4. When and by whom were slaves introduced into the 
colony of Virginia ? What celebrated act was passed by Con- 
gress in 1787 ? And what effect had it on the slavery ques- 
tion ? When was the Compromise Bill passed ? Explain 
this bill. 

5. By what act was the Confederate war commenced ? By 
what' battle was it ended ? Who was the great Secretary 
of the Treasury during this war ? Name five battles in 
which General Grant was the chief commander. In which 
of these did he capture whole armies ? What two Presidents 
were assassinated ? What two died in office ? 

Spellin-g. 

In a cabinet council it was determined to supersede ih-Q 
French minister's diplo7natic functions, deprive him of the 
consequent privileges and arrest his person ; a message to 
Congress was m preparation at this critical juncture, when 
dispatches came from Gouverneur Morris announcing the 
minister's recall. . . . The partisans of France were now 
in the ascendant. It was scouted 2,^ pxisillanimous any longer 
to hold terms with Great Britain, . . . The populace was 



83 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1891. 



helligerent and every means taken by the press and the 
democratic societies to exasperate this feeling. Washing- 
ton, however, was too morally brave to be clmnored out 
of his wise moderation by such taunts and iniiammatory 
appeals. 

The school was built on a lonely site. 

Satan can cite scripture, 

The ascent of the mountain was difficult. 

The lord of the manor was a baron. 



Accessible. 


Gypsy. 


Dorothy. 


Defensible. 


Apostasy. 


Cynthia. 


Allotted. 


Cannibal. 


Eustace. 


Arable. 


Cavalier. 


Cornelius. 


Typical. 


Holiday. 


Bartholomew. 


Oracle. 


Prelate. 


Malaga. 


Caravan. 


Colossal. 


Philippine. 


Orifice. 


Zephyr. 


Ararat. 


Elicit. 


Rescind. 


Caracas. 


Cemetery. 


Pigeon. 


Sicily. 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

1. {a) What is meant by the ratio of one quantity to an- 
other ? 

{])) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of 
several numbers ? Give an example. 

(c) What is meant by a minuend ? by a quotient ? 

(</) When is a common fraction said to be in its lowest 
terms ? 

2. {a) Reduce to its simplest form the following expres- 
sion : 

^ . 

2i X 4 X - of i|. 

3 

{h) Eind the value of the following : | + f — f + |- 
(c) Reduce |:| to a decimal fraction. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1891. 38 

3. (a) Find the value of j^ of a mile in the lower de- 
nominations. 

(i) What is the effect upon the value of a fraction if 
we multiply the denominator by three ? 

(c) Explain the reason of the last answer. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form the following : 

Ten ten-thousandths. 

One thousand and twenty-four ten-millionths. 

Thirty-two and four thousandths. 
(J) Multiply .0036 by 1.02. 
(c) Divide 2.56 by .0016. 

5. (a) If a cipher is added at the right of the decimal wliat 
effect has this on the value of the decimal ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

6. (a) What part of f is f ? 

(b) What is the easiest method of multiplying a decimal 
by 10 ? 

(c) Reduce 20 square rods to the decimal of an acre. 

7. If by selling a house for $12,600 a builder gains 12^^, 
what per cent, would he have lost by selling it for $8,400 ? 

8. A, B, and C began a partnership on January 1st. A 
put in 110,000 ; B, $6,000 ; and 0, $3,000. At the end of 6 
months B put in $4,000 more, but A withdrew $2,000. At 
the end of the year they had on hand $18,000 in cash and 
goods valued at $12,000. At this time the property was di- 
vided and the firm dissolved, A taking all the goods as part 
of his share. How much cash did each of the three receive ? 

9. A traveller going from one town to another walks ^ of 
the distance on his first day^s journey, ^ of the remainder on 
the second day, 20 miles on the third day, and finds he has 
^ of the distance still to go. What is the distance ? 

10. A dealer bought 1,200 barrels of flour at $6 per barrel 
and shipped them to New York by railroad. An accident on 
the road destroyed ^ of them. He sold the remainder at 
$7.50 per barrel. His freight and cartage were $312. He 
sued the railroad company and recovered some damages, but 

3 



'M CO\Ajb:Vxb] QUESTIONS— 1891. 

his legal expenses were '^obO. At the close of the transaction 
he found h^ had made, over all expenses, just 1138. How 
nuicli did he receive from the railrojid company ? 

El^GLlSH. 

1. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give 
the reason in each case for the correction : 

(a) You cannot expect for a long time to write like he did. 

(b) We were talking about our old friend who had sent 
me a flattering message, and I wondered did he mean it. 

(c) Everybody nowadays publishes memoirs ; everybody 
has recollections which they think worthy of recording. 

(d) Let there be but matter and opportunity offered and 
you shall see them quickly to revive again. 

{e) The being abandoned by our friends is very de- 
plorable. 

2. Analyze the following sentence : 

" High on a throne of royal state, that far 
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, 
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand 
Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold, 
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 
To that bad eminence.^' 

3. In how many and what ways do we denote comparison 
of adjectives ? Give an example of each. 

4. Give the principal parts of the following verbs. If 
there are two forms of any principal part give both: 

Dive, Bereave, Cleave (to split), Swim, Abide, Thrive, 
Read, Quit, Swing, Breed. 

5. Give the general rule for the correct use of '* shall" 
and ^' will." 

6. Write a letter to James B. Murray y asking a situation 
as clerk, stating your fitness for the place by education, age, 
and any other qualification you deem important. Sign the 
letter with the name George Thomson and be careful not to 
sign it with your own name. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1891. 86 

Geography. 

1. How mucli of the eartli^s surface is water ? On which 
side of the equator is most of the water ? Name some of the 
largest lakes aucl the largest sheet of fresh water on the 
earth. 

2. One-half of the land is divided among five powers : 
name them. Tell of each where its possessions lie. 

3. Name the sea between Africa and Europe, the sea be- 
tween Africa and Arabia, the channel between Africa and 
Madagascar, the large gulf which indents the western coast 
of Africa. In what part of Africa is Abyssinia ? Cape Col- 
ony ? Egypt ? Liberia ? Morocco ? the Congo Free State ? 

4. What mountains must one cross in going from Virginia 
to Kentucky ? from Dakota to Oregon ? from the Argentine 
Re23ublic to Chili ? from Spain to France ? from Hindostau 
to China ? 

5. In what European country is Antwerp ? Athens ? 
Bristol ? Leipzig ? Luzerne ? Marseilles ? Moscow ? Na- 
ples ? Seville ? Utrecht ? 

6. Draw a map of New England (fairly covering half the 
sheet of paper) showing the State borders ; the Connecticut 
and the Merrimac ; Lake Champlain and Narragansett Bay ; 
Boston, Burlington, Hartford, New Haven, Portland, and 
Providence. Write the names (in reasonable abbreviation). 

7. What is the climate of California ? What is the 
character of its vegetation ? What are, therefore, the chief 
industries of the State ? 

8. Tell what you know of glaciers and of icebergs. 

History. 

1. At the outbreak of our Revolutionary War what four 
different groups of European settlers were living in North 
America ? Locate them, and give the population of the 
largest groups at the time. 

2, What powers have had possession of New York City 



36 COLLliOE QUESTIONS— 1891. 

since its tirst settlement ? and explain when and why it 
passed from the control of one to another. 

3. Name the three most important wars fought on this 
continent, and state the cause and result of the first one. 

4. Give the history of the Stamp Act. What other acts 
of taxation did the colonists resist ? 

5. The battles of Long Island and Trenton : describe each 
briefly and estimate their importance as Revolutionary 
events. 

6. When and under wliat circumstances were Louisiana, 
California, and Florida acquired by the United States ? 

7. State concisely for what the following men have been 
distinguished in our history ; Thomas MacDonough, An- 
thony Wayne, '^ Stonewall " Jackson, Aaron Burr, John C. 
Fremont, Wendell Phillips, Winfield Scott, Daniel Morgan, 
Daniel Webster, John Adams. 

8. Why did the Southern States secede from the Union in 
1860-61 ? What two great victories turned the tide of the 
war in favor of the North ? 

9. What led to the adoption of the Federal Constitution ? 
AVhen and where adopted, and what do you understand by it ? 

10. Name the Presidents who served two terms, giving 
dates. Who was President when John Brown was executed? 
Who when the first Atlantic cable was laid ? 

SPELLIJiTG. 

1. If the jealousy of the Parliament and of the nation 
made it impossible for the king to maintain a formidable 
standing army, no similar impediment prevented him from 
making England the first of maritime powers. (Macaulay.) 

2. For many days the vessel was tossed about and all on 
board were jilled with apprehensions, and no little indigna- 
tion against the author of their calamities. (Prescott. ) 

3. The second was an inquiry how it could be rendered 
"practicable to discuss political matters in future — 2^ proceed- 
ing now impossible, in consequence of the perverseness and 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 189L 37 

arrogance of certain functionaries, and one which whenever 
attempted dlyfi^ys led to the same i^ievif able result. (Motley.) 



Normal College. 

Arithmetic. 

1. Define the following terms employed in arithmetic : 
Quantity, number, abstract number, multiplication, propor- 
tion. 

Explain the reason for multiplying the second and third 
terms together and dividing by the first term in solving an 
example in simple proportion. 

2 of 14 . , , . . I of 8| , 

2. 5 5X IS what part oi ^ — ^ — ? ? • 

^ ol 51 ^ i ot 51 

3. Columbus is 83° 3' west longitude, and when it is 37 
min. 33 sec. past 1 p.m. it is 11 o'clock a.m. in San Francisco. 
What is the longitude of the latter city ? 

4. Divide thirty-two hitndred-millionths by sixty-four 
ten- thousandths. 

5. A, B, and C gained l)y speculation $11,480, of which 
A's share was twice as much as C's, and B's five times as 
much as C's. How much did each gain ? 

6. A man owes $600, of which one-third is to be paid in 
one year and the remainder in two years. What is the 
present value, money worth 6^ ? 

7. I bought a watch for $120 and set such a price on it 
that after falling $12 I still made 15fo on the purchase. 
What per cent, did I abate from the asking price ? 

8. A pole was broken 52 feet from the bottom and fell 
so that the end struck 39 feet from the foot. Required the 
length of the pole. 

9. Extract the cube root of y^^ to five places of decimals. 

10. Sold a horse so that | of the gain equalled ^ of the 
cost. What was the gain per cent. ? 



88 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1891. 

English. 

1. Name five different kinds of nouns. 

(a) In the sentence, 

*' Oh, how this spring of love resembleth 
The uncertain glory of an April day," 
name the nouns and state the kind of each. 

(b) What part of speech is hotv ? What does it modify ? 

(c) What is case ? Name the cases. 

(d) In the sentence, 

'' The supplies having reached us the army began its 
march, '^ name the nouns and state the kind and case of 
each. 

2. Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their form, 

(a) Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their sig- 
nificatioji. 

(b) In the sentence, 

'* Home-keeping youths have ever homely wits,^' state 
what kind of a verb have is according to its form and also 
according to its signification. 

(c) In the sentence, 

*^ Beware of entering into a quarrel,'' parse beware and 



(d) In the sentence, 

'^He was laughed at," explain the verb in regard to its 
signification. 

3. Write eight auxiliary verbs. 

(a) Write the potential mood, pluperfect tense of the 
verb to write. 

{b) What kind of a verb is cleave? Write its principal 
parts. 

(c) In the sentence, 

^' I can always buy such books as I want,'' parse as. 

4. Name seven different kinds of clauses. 

(a) Give an example of a subject clause. 

(b) In the sentence, 

*' As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sor- 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 189L ^9 

cerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island/' 
parse the Avords thee, subject, that. 

(c) What kind of sentence is it ? Name each clause 
and its kind. 

5. Write a noun clause in apposition to a noun used as 
subject of a sentence. 

{a) Write a compound sentence consisting of two co- 
ordinate clauses, each of which is complex with the depend- 
ent clause adjective in the first and adverbial in the second. 



II. 

1. In five sentences introduce the following words : Object, 
concord, dissent, mvolve, and p7'0spect. 

2. By substitution of other prefixes change these words to 
their opposite meanings in five other sentences. 

3. Explain the difference between courage and bravery in 
a compound sentence with two co-ordinate clauses, using 
tlie word but as the connective. 

4. Write in three paragraphs of not less than six nor more 
than ten lines each what you consider the principal qualities 
of a good student, of a good teacher, and the main object of 
education. 

5. Define paragraph. Name the punctuation points which 
may be made at the end of a sentence. When would you 
use a comma and when a semicolon ? Construct a sentence 
in which you employ the comma, the semicolon, the dash, 
and the period. Name all the kinds of Avords that are com- 
menced with capital letters. 

6. Write a letter to the Governor of the State of New 
York, requesting him to use his influence to establish civil 
service reform in the appointment of all teachers. 

[The letter must not exceed fifteen lines. Credit wilt be 
given for arrangement, punctuation, the right use of words, 
and the correct construction of sentences. The mark for ex- 
ecutive ability will be given on this letter. J 



40 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1891. 

(Jeouhaphy. 

1. What is the greatest latitude that any place can have ? 
Where has a place no latitude ? 

What is the greatest longitude a place can have ? 
Name the southern boundary of the Torrid Zone. 
Mention two things that determine climate. 

2. Bound the State of New York. 

Name five of its cities as nearly as you can in the order 
of their size. 

What is the largest city on Long Island ? 

Locate Sag Harbor, Geneva, Oswego, Elmira, and Utica. 

State as nearly as you can in round numbers the popula- 
tion of New York City, and also of New York State. 

3. Name the capitals of West Virginia, South Dakota, 
Texas, Iowa, and North Carolina. 

Name five rivers of the United States that empty them- 
selves into the Atlantic Ocean. 

Mention two great railroad lines by which you could 
travel from New York to Buffalo. 

4. Bound Great Britain. 

Write the capitals of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 
and the rivers on which they are situated. 

Locate Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast, and Oxford. 

Name four rivers of France. 

Locate the following islands : Corfu, Elba and Jersey. 

0. Locate the follo\ying cities of Asia: Bombay, Lassa, 
Ispahan, Mecca, Smyrna, Madras, Nankin, Calcutta, and 
Singapore. 

Name three great rivers of Asia tliat empty themselves 
into the Arctic Ocean. 

Locate the following cities of South America : Buenos 
Ay res, Bahia, and Lima. 

History. 

1. Who discovered and explored the St. Lawrence Eiver ? 
Who discovered the Mississippi River ? Who subsequently 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1891. 41 

explored it ? Wliat two nations claimed the valleys of the 
Ohio and the Mississippi ? State the claim of each. What 
was the result of the French and Indian war ? What Eng- 
lish general captured the citadel of Louisbnrg ? 

2. Describe briefly the route of Bnrgoyne in his invasion 
of New York. What battles were fought ? Who was the 
American commander ? What American officers distin- 
guished themselves in this campaign ? What great Ameri- 
can was chiefly instrumental in forming treaties of alliance 
with France and other European countries ? 

3. Give a brief explanation of the government of the 
United States, stating, first, the form of government ; second, 
the three great departments of the government ; third, the 
powers and duties of each department ; and fourth, the prin- 
cipal officer in each department. 

4. Who was President during the war of 1812-15 ? Who 
gained the great naval victory on Lake Erie ? Who was 
President when the Missouri Compromise Bill was passed ? 
Explain this bill. Who Avas President during the Mexican 
War ? What territory was acquired at the end of this War ? 

5. There were two great victories gained in July, 1863 : 
name them. Wlio commanded the Union army in the East 
^who in the West ? What three important cities did Sher- 
man capture in his celebrated march to the sea ? What was 
the grand result of the great Civil War ? 

Spelling. 

The expedition w^hich sailed from Halifax against Louis- 
burg, under the command of Brigadier-QeneYSil Amherst, 
consisted of twenty ships of the line, eighteen frigates, and 
an army of fourteen thousand men. After a siege of a few 
days the fortress was surrendered.. At the same time Cape 
Breton fell into the hands of the British. 

Colonel Bradstreet solicited and obtained permission to 
surprise and seize Fort Frontenac at the northwest outlet of 
Lake Ontario, With three thousand soldiers he moved with 



42 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1! 



teleril y, look the fort, and with it nine armed vessels, sixty 
cannon, sixteen mortars, and a great quantity of ammunition. 
The campaigjt closed with honor to the colonies. Prepara- 
tion was made for the greater achievements of 1759. A 
treaty of peace and friends/up was made with the Indians 
inhabituig the lands between the Appalachian Mountains, 
the Alleghanies, and the lakes. 



Absinthe. 


Jocund. 


Raillery, 


Bacchanal. 


Kangaroo. 


Scythian. 


Calcimine, 


Labyrinth. 


Taciturnity. 


Daguerreotype. 


Lorraine. 


Utility. 


Edible. 


Maceration. 


Vitriol. 


Farinaceous. 


Nutritious. 


Thibet. 


Gibbeting. 


Ocular. 


Galilee. 


Hypnotize. 


Pelican. 


Edinburgh. 


Immutable. 


Quiescence. 


Grenada. 



1892. 



College of th6 City of New York, 

Arithmetic. 

1. [a) What is meant by a decimal fraction ? 

{h) Define a minuend ; a multiplicand ; a quotient, 
(c) In every common fraction what is shown by the de- 
nominator ? What by the numerator ? 

2. {a) Reduce to its simplest from the following expression* 

{h) Reduce the following fractions to their least com- 

3 2 2 , 15 
men denominator : -j-, 7^ , -k-oi ~~ 

'± if o lb' 

(c) Find the value of ^ of | -f- | — ^. 

3. (a) What part of | is f ? 

(b) Reduce g-?^ to a decimal fraction. 

(c) Multiply ,05 by 3.2. 

4. {a) If the numerator of a common fraction is divided 
by 3, what is the effect upon the value of the fraction ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1892. 43 

(b) If the denominator is divided by 3, what is the effect 
upon the value of the fraction ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this last result. 

5. (a) Write in decimal form : Ninety millionths; thirty ten 
thousandths ; ten, and twenty-five thousandths. 

(b) Divide .064 by .000016. 

(c) Add .003, 12.06, 1.1. 

{d) Subtract 2.3 from 4.006. 

6. (a) What is the effect of the value of a decimal of mov- 
ing the decimal point two places to the right ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

{c) In multiplication of two decimals how many deci- 
mal places are to be pointed oif in the product ? 
{d) Explain the reason of this rule. 

7. How much is 5f tons of coal worth, if 17|- tons are worth 
$100 ? 

8. A person expended 16^ of all he was worth in buying 
20^ of the stock of a Mining Company. If the entire stock 
of the company sold for $160,000, what must the person have 
been worth ? 

9. Four men undertook to do a piece of work in 18 days 
and worked at it 6 hours a day for 10 days, when they found 
they had finished only ^ of it. How many more men did 
they have to engage in order to finish the job by the time 
agreed upon, provided they all worked thereafter for 10 hours 
each day ? 

10. A provision merchant bought 100 barrels of apples at 
a farm-house at $1 per barrel, and paid 5 cents per barrel to 
have them taken to the railroad station. Then he paid $50 
freight on them to 'New York and $20 cartage in the city. 
They were sold at once for $3 per barrel, but the commission 
merchant charged him 10^ commission on the sale. Also 
when some of the barrels were opened the apples were found, 
to be damaged and he had to repay the purchasers $20 on 
account of this. How much did he gain in all ? 



4A COLLEGE QUEHTIONS-1892. 

English. 

1. We frequently lieur it said : " That is had grammar,-^ 
Explain wiiat is meant by '' bad grammar/' 

'^. Why is it considered wrong to say {a) '' most pe^'fect," 
(b) •• most circular/' (c) " suiJronest,^' (d) " chiefest/' (e) 
"most infinite f" 

3. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give 
a reason or rule for each correction : 

{a) That awkward country boy learns faster than us all. 

(h) There is nothing to prevent him going. 

(6*) My mother gave me three tea-spoonsful of the 
medicine. 

{(l) I asked the carpenter to lend me his two feet rule. 

{e) His teacher learns her boys better than our teacher 
learns us. 

(/) I called but you was not at home. 

{g) I says to him : " Run away as fast you can.^^ 

(h) I will try and catch the horse. 

{i) The next New Year's day I shall be at school 
three years. 

( /) 1 know that he cannot do this like I did it. 

4. What are tenses and moods in Grammar ? Give the 
first person plural of the tenses in the different moods of the 
active verb '^strike."' 

5. Why do we use pronouns ? Show the advantage gained 
by the use of ^' he " and ^^ Avhich " in constructing one sen- 
tence out of the following : 

''Caesar crossed the Rubicon. The Rubicon is a river not 
far from Rome. Osesar found no opposition on entering 
Rome.'' 

N. B. — Substitute another word for the second ''Rome." 

6. Construct a sentence about George Washington (a) with 
an object clause ; (b) also . one with a subject clause ; {c) 
also one with a subject infinitive phrase. Underline each 
clause and the phrase. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1892. 45 

7. Turn this poetry into prose. 

(a) *' My heart leaps up when I behold 

(b) A rainbow in the sky ; 

(c) So was it when my life began, 

(d) So is it now I am a man, 

{e) So be it when I shall grow old, 
(/) Or let me die !" 

8. In the foregoing selection parse the word "tohen^' in 
line (a) ; the word ''was'' in line (6') ; the word -'be" in 
line (e) ; and the words '' let " and " die " in line (0- 

9. Analyze the following sentence : 

" The bliss of man, — could man that blessing find — 
Is not to act or think beyond mankind." 

10. Write a composition of not less than 75 words in length 
on one of the following subjects : 

{a) *^ The Chicago Fair." 

(5) '* Is a cable-road better than a horse-railroad ? " 

(c) -'^ Why is rapid transit desirable ? " 

{d) '' Describe Eiverside Drive. ^^ 

(e) ^* Describe the Brooklyn Bridge." 

(/) '^ Why do I (you) seek admission to college V 
Notice that the punctuation, capitals, grammar, and good 
sense of your composition will be carefully criticised, and be 
careful to write the composition on a separate sheet. 

Geography. 

1. What is the shape of the earth ? What two constant 
motions has it ? What do they cause ? 

2. Name the zones. What is the extent of each ? What 
determines this extent ? 

3. Sketch a map of the State of New York (covering one- 
half the sheet of paper). Show and name the States and 
waters bordering on it, its rivers, mountains, valleys, islands, 
and cities. 

4. What geographical advantages are possessed by the 
cities of New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco ? 



46 COLLEGE QUESTIONS~1892. 

5. Niiiiie the chief jirticles of conitnerce between tlio 
United States and France ; Australia ; China ; Brazil ; 
Mahiysia. 

G. In what Enro])can country and on wliat water is Having ; 
Lisbon ; Messina ; Copenliagen ; St. Petersburg ; London ; 
The Hague ; llanunerfest ; Constantinople ; Stockholm ^ 

1. Through wliat waters and by what conntries would you 
pass in sailing from San Francisco to New York, stopping 
on the way at Melbourne, Aden, and Liverpool ? 

8. Name the highest mountain and the longest river in 
North America ; in South America ; in Europe ; in Asia ; in 
Africa ; in Australia. 

9. What is a delta ? How is it formed ? Name and locate 
the great deltas. 

10. Sketch a map of the British Islands. Indicate the 
chief divisions of land and water represented thereon. 

History. 

1. Describe the voyages of Columbus, and give a brief 
sketch of his life. 

2. Give the history of New Netherlands under its last 
Dutch Governor. Who was the first American Governor of 
New York ? 

3. AVhat was King Philip's war ? Also, Queen Anne's 
war ? Give main facts, dates, etc. 

4. Why did the colonists refuse to pay a tax on tea ? Fol- 
low events thereafter to the 19th of April, 1775. 

5. Give an account of the campaign that ended in Bur- 
goyne's surrender. Why was that event of special importance 
to the American cause ? 

6. What territory did the United States acquire in 1787 ? 
and how ? When and how was Texas acquired ? 

7. Give the leading events of Madison's and Jackson's 
administrations. 

8. AVhy did the Southern States secede in 1861 ? Why 
cannot slavery be revived ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 47 

9. Grive an account of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania in 
1863. Name three great defeats the North sustained during 
the war. 

10. Name the Presidents in order from Monroe to Grant. 
Under which one was Daniel Webster Secretary of State ? 
Who was President when California was admitted into the 
Union ? 

Spelling. 

The great historic systems of writing are of such immense 
antiquity that their history has to be explained to a great ex- 
tent by the aid of conjecture and analogy. Hence the rudi- 
mentary forms of picture writing which we lind among the 
less cultured races are of co7isiderahle interest and value^ 
inasmuch as they throw light on the earlier stages of the 
development oi graphic symbols. (Isaac Taylor.) 

Austria at first ostensibly favored the Poles. The Vienna 
and St. Petersburg Cabinets were at that time far from 
friendly. Austria suspected and feared the Bussian plots to 
excite rebellion in Turkey, which could not but he prejudicial 
to her interests. Russia, the foremost advocate of passive 
and slaYiBh obedience, scruples not, when it suits her plans, 
to foment rebellion among her neighbors. Bismarck had eri- 
deavored to draw Austria to the side of Russia. The treaty 
with Russia before mentioned made the question a European 
one. (Dyer.) 



Normal College. 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a) Define prime number. 

(J) When is one number said to be prime to another ? 
(c) Define the least common multiple and the greatest 
common divisor of a number. 

{d) Define commercial or bank discount. 



48 COLLEGE QUESTIOI^S— 1892. 

2. Simplifv ^l^-^i x -^ — A: 

., ^. ,.. .321 X .321 — .179 X .179 ,. . 

4. Divide 3,432 into 3 purts proportional to 3, 4, and 5. 

5. At 3 cents a pound how many tons of iron can be bought 
for $396.18? 

6. If 50 men can build 50 rods of wall in 75 days, how 
many men will be required to build 80 rods of wall | as thick 
and f as high in 40 days ? 

7. A lawyer having a debt of 11,536 to collect, compromises 
for 95.^. What is his commission at 4|% and what does he 
remit to his employer ? 

8. A broker bought for me 76 shares of bank stock (par 
value of each share $50) at 47-g. What did the stock cost 
me, the brokerage being -^fo ? 

9. Two vessels sailed from the same port, one sails north 
3 miles an hour, the other west 4 miles an hour. How far 
are they apart in two days ? 

10. Extract the cube root of 633839.779. 

English. 
I. 

^' My father loved Sir Rowland as his soul. 
And all the world was of my father's mind; 
Had I before known this young man his son 
1 should have given him tears unto entreaties. 
Ere he should thus have ventured." 

1. (a) What kind of a sentence is the above quotation ? 

(b) Name the first clause and state the kind of clause. 

(c) Name the second clause and state the kind of clause. 

(d) Name the third clause and state the kind of clause, 

(e) Name all the subjects and predicates from '•' My " to 
'' ventured." 

2. Parse soul, ally son, before, ere. State the mood and 
tense of ventured. 



COLLEGE, QUESTIONS— 1892. 49 

• 3. Nobody else was just there ; parse else and just. 
Write sentences in which the word but is correctly used as a 
noun, as a conjunction, as a preposition, and as an adverb. 

4. Construct a compound sentence with two co-ordinate 
clauses, the first being a complex and the second a compound 
clause. 

Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause ; a sentence 
containing an adjective clause. 

5. Define declension, conjugation, syntax, mood, and tense. 

IL 

1. Write a letter about the Normal College. Where sit- 
uated ? What kind of building ? Handsome, large, well- 
lighted, cheerful ? How you reach it from your residence ? 
Describe the room in which you are writing your examination. 

[Credit ivill be given for arrangevient, 'proper division into 
paragrapTiS, punctuation right use of words, and capitals and 
correct construction of sentences.'] 

2. What is the meaning of anti-slavery ? Give the word 
which is the opposite of anti-slavery, and use both words in a 
single sentence. Give another word beginning with anti. 
Define antecedent and state how the word is used in grammar. 

3. Define accede, intercede, proceed, recede, and supersede 
and construct sentences containing each word. 

4. What is the most important word in a sentence ? De- 
fine subject, predicate, and object. By what arrangement 
of words is clearness of expression most readily secured ? 

5. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

The autograph album prepared by a committee of the 
press club for exhibition and sale at the actors fund fair is 
richly bound with gold trimmed covers and a quaint illus- 
trated title page exclusive of cartoon illustrations by well 
known artists the book contains sixty pages each bearing a 
sentiment respecting the stage personally inscribed by some 
american celebrity in journalism or general literature. 



.>0 ^ COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1892. 

William I). Ilowells contributes a qiuitniin as follows 
The wit supreme and sovereign sage 
has told us all the worlds a stage 
The curtain on his scene up-furled 
shows us the stage is all the world. 

Geography. 

1. (a) Write the cause of the change of the seasons. 

(b) How many degrees from the North Pole to the 
Tropic of Capricorn ? 

(c) What is the length of a degree at the Equator in 
geographical miles ? In statute miles ? 

2. (a) In what part of the world will you find the antipodes 
of New York ? 

(b) What State of the United States was once an inde- 
pendent republic ? 

(c) To what government is the Holy Land now subject ? 

3. (a) Name in order of size the largest five cities of the 
United States. 

(b) Where is Harvard University, Yale College, Cornell 
University, Vassar College ? 

(c) Locate the following cities : Venice^, Copenhagen. 
Dantzic, Odessa, Carthagena. 

4. (a) Bound Behring Sea. What valuable article of com- 
merce is obtained in that region ? 

(b) Where is the Bay of Fundy and for what is it noted? 

(c) Name the principal products of Brazil and of the 
Argentine Confederation. 

5. (a) Name two important islands belonging to the State 
of New York. 

(b) What two large islands southeast of Asia are crossed 
by the Equator ? 

(c) Name ten seas bordering on Asia. 

History. 
1. (a) By what people was America discovered prior to 
Columbus, and what part of the American continent did they 
touch ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1892. 51 

(b) Relate the history of Hudson and his voyages. 
(6') When and where was tlie first English settlement 
made in America. 

2. (a) Name the three wars prior to the French and In- 
dian War caused by troubles in Europe. 

(b) Write a brief account of the Salem witchcraft. 
{c) What languages were spoken in New York in the 
latter part of the seventeenth century ? 

3. (a) What action did the Continental Congress of 1774 
take, and what action was taken by the second Continental 
Congress in 1775 ? 

(b) Give a brief account of the battle of Long Island. 

(c) What great naval victory was gained by PaulJones ? 

(d) Name five noted statesmen of the Eevolutionary 
period. 

(e) Name the captors of Major Andre and state how 
they were rewarded. 

4. (a) Where was the seat of government when Washing- 
ton was inaugurated ? 

(b) What is meant by the so-called •• era of good feel- 
ing: " and who was President at the time ? 

(c) Write a short sketch of Mr. Lincoln's life previous 
to his becoming President. 

5. (a) Name the States that seceded in 1861. 

(b) In what city was the Confederate governmeni first 
established and to what city was it subsequently removed ? 
{c) Give a brief account of the battle of Gettysburg. 

Spellixg. 
thomas campbell. 

To the suggestion and eloquent advocacy of this distin- 
guished man the London University is said to have owed its 
origin. 

•'The Pleasures of Hope '^ is a splendid poem. Its polish 
is exquisite, its topics felicitously chosen, and its illustration 
natural and beautiful. He lifts you up to an exceedingly 



52 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 



high mountain, and you see all nature in her loveliness^ and 
niim in the truth of his character, with liope irradiating, 
cheering and sustaining him in the numerotis ills of life. 
'•' Gertrude of Wyoming" is preferred by some readers even 
to his ^* Pleasures of Hope" It is a sad tale, told with ten- 
derness as well as genvus. But if these had never been writ- 
ten, his songs would have given him claims as a first-rate poet. 



Censure. 


Incense. 


Susceptible. 


Defamation. 


Hygiene. 


Morrisania. 


Degradation. 


Homicide. 


Abyssinia, 


Irritate. 


Heresy. 


Christiana. 


Irascible. 


Galaxy. 


Finisterre. 


Inflammation. 


Feudal. 


Kyswick. 


Illicit. 


Sacrilegious. 




College of the City of New York, 1893. 




Aeithmetic. 





1. {a) What is a minuend ? 
{h) What is a quotient ? 

(c) Give the rule for the division of one common frac* 
tion by another. 



2. 
{a) 



(d) What is discount ? 
Find the value of 






of|of.2iH-i. 



(b) Add f of h h \ of H. 

3. {a) Find the value of -^ Ton in whole numbers of lower 
denominations. 

iV) If the numerator and denominator of a common 
fraction be divided by the same number, what effect is pro- 
duced upon the value of the fraction ? 

((?) Explain the reason of this. 

4. {a) Write in decimal form : nine millionths ; three 
hundred ten thousandths ; ten thousand and ten millionths. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 58 

(b) Divide .096 by 3.2. 

(c) Add 100.216, 3.0046, 3126.04. 

5. (a) When two decimals are multiplied together, how 
many decimal places must be pointed off in the product ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this rule. 

6. What capital must be invested in 4^ bonds bought at 
lofo premium in order to yield an income of 17,500 ? 

7. A garrison had provisioiis enough for 1,800 men for six 
months, but having sent away a detachment, the provisions 
lasted ten months. How many men were sent away ? 

8. A merchant had his note for 110,000 discounted at a 
bank for six months, without grace, at Qfc. With the pro- 
ceeds he bought goods, and sold |^ of them during the six 
months at a profit of 15^, and then closed out the remainder 
for 11,200 cash. When he had paid his note at the bank 
how much had he left ? 

9. Two brothers each inherited at the same time 14,000. 
One put his money in savings banks, where it received 4^ 
compound interest each year. The other, during the first 
year, lost $100 by investments and spent 1200 in travelling. 
Then he invested all he had left in a business venture and, 
at the end of two years more, received back his money with 
20^ profit. Which of the brothers had then the more money, 
and how much more ? 

10. A and B and can together do a piece of work in 5 
days. A alone can do it in 20 days ; B alone can do it in 30 
days. In what time can it be done by B and C working 
together ? 

El^-GLISH. 

1. Write sentences of not less than twenty words, in eacli 
of which sentences the word that is used as a different part 
of speech. 

2. Combine these eight sentences into one sentence : 

*' An owl lived in a tree. He was a white owl. He was 
large. He lived in the hollow of the tree. The tree was old 



54 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 

4. (live tlie principal events and measures leading to the 
outbreak of the American devolution — 1765 to 1775. 

5. Describe the final campaign of the Revolutionary War, 
and state tlie terms of the treaty of peace with Groat Britain. 

G. J^anie the Presidents down to the close of the War of 
1812. What advantages did the United States secure through 
that war ? 

7. Give an account of the administrations of Presidents 
Jackson and Polk. 

8. State all you know respecting the following public men 
in our history : — Alexander Hamilton^ Henry Clay, Do Witt 
Clinton, Nathaniel Greene, Admiral Farragut. 

9. Describe the political situation in 1860-61, sliowing 
Avhat influences and causes brouglit about the Civil War. 

10. {a) What form of government do we have in this State 
to-day, and what was the form in colonial times ? 

(b) What tie binds us to the other States ? 

(c) Why cannot slavery be revived in the United States ? 

Spelling. 

Hundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, iinde-branched 
oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the 
Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet 
of the most delicious greensivard ; in some places they were 
inte7'mingled with beeches, hollies, and coj^seuwod of various 
descriptions, so closely as totally to intercept the level beams 
of the sinking sun ; in others they receded from each other, 
forming those long, sioeeping vistas, in the intricacy of which 
the eye delights to lose itself, while imagincttion considers 
them as the paths to yet wil-der scenes of sylvan solitude. 

Here the red rays oi the sun shot a broken and discolored 
light, that partially hung upon the shattered boughs and 
mossy trunks of the trees, and there they ilUiminated in 
brilliant patches the portions of turf to which they made 
their way. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 189a, 55 

southeast of Hindoostau, that east of Africa, chat south of 
Argentina. 

3. Name tlie three States on the Pacific, the five on the 
Gulf, the. two on Chesapeake Bay, the two on Delaware Bay, 
the eight on the Lakes. 

4. Name the body of water into which the Danube flows, 
the Des Moines, the Ganges, the Mackenzie, the Nile, the 
Platte, the Po, the Thames, the Wabash, the Yukon. 

5. Through what strait must a ship pass on the voyage 
from Marseilles to Havre ? from Venice to Genoa ? from 
Constantinople to Naples ? from Hull to Stockholm ? 

6. Name the capital of Persia, of Italy, of Belgium, of 
Portugal, of Peru, of Venezuela, of Connecticut, of Ten- 
nessee, of Kansas, of Canada. 

7. Name the highest point on the Earth, in North Amer- 
ica, in the United States east of the Mississippi, in Europe ; 
and state, as nearly as you can. the height and location of 
each (the range to which it belongs). 

8. What is a Geyser ? a Delta ? a Watershed ? a River 
basin, or valley ? a Reef ? 

9. When it is noon at Washington it is midnight at Bang- 
kok ; how many degrees east of Washington is Bangkok ? 
Name some portion of the British Empire where it is mid- 
summer when it is midwinter in England. 

10. Which are the most valuable animals of the Arctic 
regions ? Which animals and plants (trees) are peculiar to 
the Tropical regions ? 

History. 

1. Name the European nations that secured a foothold in 
America at any time before 1775. What parts did each 
claim ? 

2. Describe the different kinds of English colonial govern- 
ment, and give an example of each. 

3. Grive an account of King Philip^s War ; also, of the 
French and Indian War, including its cause, events and 
result. 



56 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 

and rotten. It wiis an oak-tree. It stood on the top of the 
hilL The hill was back of onr honse.'' 

3. Name the different classes of pronouns, and give ex- 
amples of each class. 

4. When is it correct to say : " The Committee i.s in session 
to-day,'' aiid when is it correct to say: " The Committee 
are in session to-day ? " 

5. Copy the following sentences, correcting errors : 
We shall have a holiday upon Monday. 

Divide this between the three girls. 

On what train did you come in on ? 

Of these three kings, the latter was the wisest. 

If we do wrong we will be punished. 

6. Illustrate by examples the difference between simple, 
compound, and complex sentences. 

7. What tenses are formed by the use of auxiliaries ? Use 
the verb strike to show this. 

8. Analyze the following, and notice that a diagram is 
greatly to be preferred, provided it is neatly and carefully 
made. 

" When reposimj that night on my pallet of straw, 
By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain. 
At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw. 
And thrice ere the morning 1 dream-t it again." 

9. Parse the words italicized in the foregoing sentence. 

10. Write a composition of not less than one hundred words 
about ^'Thomas Jefferson," or "Abraham Lincoln," or the 
recent *^ Naval Review at New York." Be careful to write 
this on a separate sheet. 

Geography. 

1. Name the countries which border upon the Russian 
Empire. 

2. Name the island south of Florida, that east of Quebec, 
that east of Greenland, that north of Norway, that east of 
Corea, that north of Java, that south of Australia, that 



COLLEGE QUESTION8-1898. 37 



Normal College, 



Arithmetic. 

1. What is the value of a fraction multiplied by its denom- 
inator ? What is the effect ol removing the decimal point 
one place to the left ? one place to the right ? AVrite a 
promissory note. Define the terms maker, payee Siud holder. 

2. Express by Roman notation 81,963. 

/ 4f 3 \ 

3. Find the value of I — of — I divided by -A-. 

\ 8t% u ! 

4. Divide 375 by .75 and .75 by 375 and find the sum and 
difference of the quotients. 

5. $3,675 was offered to a man for his house, or $4,235 in 
three years without interest. He accepted the latter offer. 
Did he gain or lose, and how much, money being worth 7% ? 

6. A gentleman owns stock in a manufactory which pays 
annually 9%. He receives quacterly $324. What sum has 
he invested ? 

7. Two partners engaged in business. One furnished f of 
the whole capital ; and the other $4,000. They gahied in 
trade 20fc on their capital, but lost $500 from bad debts. 
What was each partner^s share of the net gain ? 

8. 600 yards of cloth J yards wide being required to make 
suits for 250 soldiers, how much cloth | yards wide Avill be 
needed to make suits for 1,200 men ? 

9. A general has an army of 226,576 men. How many 
must he place rank and file to form them into a square ? 

10. Find the cube root of 3 to three decimal places. 

English. 

I. 

1. Give the rules for the formation of the plurals of nouns 
and illustrate each rule by an example. Define case. Tell 
how case is expressed. 



(•()1.LK(^K giTKSTlONS-189P,. 

'i. In how many ways are adjectives compared ? Give au 
example of each. Name three adjectives that do not admit 
of comparison and assign tlie reason. Write tlie second 
future tense (known also as the future perfect) indicative 
mood, in the first person siiigular of raise, rise, lay, lie, set. 

3. Correct the following- and state the reasons — 

{a) 1 am one of those who cannot describe what I feel. 
(b) I had hoped never to have Avitnessed the like again. 
{c) Xor eye, nor listening ear, an object find. 

(d) This injury his been done me by my friend, he whom I 

treated like a brother. 

(e) What is the use of you talking like that. 
(/■) I will surely drown Will no one save me. 

4. Parse the word like in (b). 

It little jjrofits that, an idle King. 

By this still hearth, among these barren crags, 

Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole 

Unequal laws unto a savage race, 

That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. 

Parse little, profits, King, mat died. 

5. But though ril gladly trace these scenes with thee. 
Yet the sweet converse of an iniwcent mind 
Whose words are images of thoughts refined, 

Is my soul's pleasure : and it sure must be 
Almost the highest bliss of human kind 
When to thy haunts, two kindred spirits flee. 

[Write out each subordinate or dependent clause by itself, and 
tell the kind (noun, adjective, adverb). Point out the word or 
words to which it relates, and state whether the sentence should 
be regarded as complex or compound.] 

Note. — An analysis of subjects or predicates is not desired. 

II. 

1. (The following letter must not be less tlian fifteen, nor more 
than twenty lines in length. It will be marked in form, punctua- 
tion, construction and subject-matter. Please append an outlined 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 59 

and properly addressed envelope, and write the letter on a sheet by 
itself.) 

(a) Imagine it is mid-summer. Write a letter inviting a 
school-friend to visit you for two weeks. Tell her what your 
amusements are, by what railroad she must travel, when the 
trains leave, etc., and express your anxiety to see her. 

(b) Envelope. 

2. Give five verbs beginning with the following prefixes: 
(1) a, ab.—(2) ad.-^(3) e, ex.— (4:) pre,— (5) re. Use 

each verb in a separate simple sentence. 

3. Define collation, collision, collusion, barometer, ther- 
mometer, and use two of these words in two compound 
sentences. 

4. (a) What means the proverbial phrase : A bird in the 
hand is worth two in the bush. 

(b) Give the proverbial phrase based on one of the charac- 
teristics of a precious metal, and expressing the idea that we 
ought not to be deceived by appearances, by the impression 
certain things make on the eye. 

(c) Give the feminine forms of emperor, executor and 
hero, and use one of the masculine and one of the feminine 
forms, each, in a separate complex sentence. 

(d) Form a noun from the adjective content, and use 
the noun contents in any sentence. 

5. Capitalize and punctuate the following : 

Every general of prominence had a nickname bestowed 
upon him by his troops some of these names were of a sar- 
castic nature but usually they indicated the confidence of 
the men in their leaders or their admiration for them gen. 
grant was commonly knoAvn over the watchfires of the army 
of the potomac as old united states from the initials of his 
name but sometimes he was called old three stars that number 
indicating his rank as lieutenant-general mcclellan was en- 
deared to his army as little mac meade who wore spectacles 
was delighted to learn that his men had named him four- 
eyed george for he knew it was not intended as a reproach. 



00 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 

Geography. 

1. (a) How niaiiy degrees is New York from Greenwich, 
England 'f 

(b) What is the distance in geographical miles between 
New York and the Equator ? 

(6*) At Valparaiso the time is 10 min. earlier than New 
York time. What" is its longitude ? 

{d) What is the longitude of a place exactly half-way 
round the globe (east or west) from New York ? 

(e) What is the latitude of a place on the Arctic 
circle ? 

2. (a) Grive as nearly as you can the direction of the following 
places from New York, (a) Salt Lake City, (b) Albany, N. Y., 
(c) Washington, D. C, (d) London, England, and (e) the 
Caspian Sea. 

(b) In what direction do the Allegheny Mountains 
extend ? 

(c) State as nearly as you can the general direction in 
which Columbus sailed in going from Spain to San Salvador. 

(d) In what group of islands did he first discover land ? 

(e) Where is the river Orinoco ? Where is the peninsula 
of Yucatan ? 

3. Bound the State of Michigan and give its capital city. 

4. (a) Name the States or Territories which form the 
northern border of the United States. 

(b) In what States do the Mississippi and the Missouri 
rivers, respectively, rise ? 

5. (a) Name the State which produces the largest amount 

01 coal. 

(b) Name two great grain producing States. 

(c) From what portions of the United States are the 
greatest supplies of iron obtained ? 

(d) In what parts are found the greatest supplies of pre- 
cious metals ? 

(e) What is the principal export of New Orleans ? 

6. (a) Through what parts of the world do the following 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1893. 61 

mountains extend, (a) the Caucasus, (b) the Himalayas, 
(c) the Pyrenees. 

{b) Name two active volcanoes, stating in what countries 
they are situated/ 

7. (a) Name the largest river of (a) Africa, (^) South Amer- 
ica and (6') Europe, stating in what part each rises and where 
it terminates. 

(Z>) Name four large rivers you would cross in going from 
New York to Columbus, Ohio. 

8. (a) To what nations do the following islands belong, (a) 
Cuba, (b) Jamaica, (c) New Guinea, (d) Luzon ? 

(b) Give as near as you can the location of the Hawaiian 
or Sandwich Islands. 

9. What is the form of Government of Brazil ? of Russia ? 
of Switzerland ? of Great Britain ? of Canada ? 

10. Name the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea 
on the south, stating which are not independent and what 
nations govern them. 



History. 

1. (a) What proofs show that America was inhabited by 
a race of men previous to the Indians ? 

(b) What name have we applied to these people 

(c) Who was the first navigator who circumnavigated 
the earth ? 

{a) Where and when was the first permanent settlement 
made by the Dutch ? 

2. (a) Who were the English Puritans ? 
(b) Why did they leave England ? 

{c) Who was King of England in 1620 ? 

(d) Who was the first Governor of the Puritans ? 

(e) What name did the Dutch give their colony on 
Manhattan Island ? How was the island obtained ? 

3. {a) In what year and by whom was New York taken 
from the Dutch ? 



62 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1893. 

{b) Who had command of the British army at the 
coiiiinencemeiit of the Kevohition ? 

{(') N'cime three battles fought in 1775 ? 

(d) Name the members of the Committee appointed by 
Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence. 

(e) What was the most disastrous battle to the Ameri- 
cans in 1776 ? 

4. (a) What two rebellions occurred between 1787 and 
1794 ? State the cause of each. 

(b) During whose administration were the Alien and 
Sedition Laws passed ? 

(c) Explain the Missouri Compromise. 

(d) Explain briefly the Fugitive Slave Law. 

5. (a) By what two great battles was Lee driven back 
when he tried to invade the North ? 

(b) When was the fight between the Merrimac and 
Monitor ? Describe it. 

(c) Who were the nominees for the Presidency in 1864 ? 

(d) When and by whom was Abraham Lincoln assas- 
sinated ? 

(e) Who succeeded him as President ? 

Spelling. 

" After the battle of Getty sbiorg, Meade's campaign in 
Vh^ginia had been inconclusive. The leading members of 
the Committee on the Conduct of the War urged that he 
should be removed. They were in favor of the reappoint- 
ment of Hooker, but would acquiesce in that of any other 
general whom the President should think better fitted for 
the place. But all eyes had been turned to Grant, and it 
was tacitly conceded that he should be made the commander 
of all the armies in the field. For this purpose the grade of 
lieutenant-general was revived , and his commission was 
formally presented to him by the President. Henceforth 
the control of military operations was to be in the hands of a 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 



63 



soldier free from the dictation of civilian authority, even that 
of Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War." 

Grant rode over a rough road to Chattanooga from Nash- 
ville, Tennessee. 

Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah and thence to 
Raleigh is perhaps the most brilliant recorded in history. 



^ilabaster. 

Brigantine. 

Carrot (a vege- 
table). 

Caret (wanting). 

Carat (the weight 
for the fineness 
of gold). 

Delicacy. 



Farinaceous. 

Galley. 

Harangn.e. 

Iterate. 

Jocular. 

.Knapsack. 

Litigation. 

Manacle. 

Nauseate, 

Ocular, 



Parasite. 

Query. 

Recommend. 

Sicily. 

Toledo. 

Utah. 

Vesuvius (mount). 

Wilkesbarre, 



College of the City of New York, 1894. 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a) What is meant by ratio ? 

(b) If 3 is subtracted from 8, and 5 obtained, what names 
are given to 3, 8, and 5 respectively ? 

(c) What is a decimal fraction ? 

{(I) What is meant by the least common multiple (or least 
common dividend) of several numbers? 
2 Find the values of the following ; 

(a) f of 3i X I. 

(b) I of 11 of 3. 

(c) 1 + I + 4 of 41. 

3 

3. (a) Multiply | by 4, and give the rule for multiplying one 

common fraction by another. 
(b) Explain the reason of this rule, using the above ex- 
ample as an illustration. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form : Three, and ten one-thou- 
sandths ; three hundred, and three one-thousandths ; ten, and 
twenty-five ten-thousandths. 

(b) Reduce | to a decimal fraction. 

(c) Multiply .0015 by 3.2. 

(d) Divide 16.4 by .041. 

5. (a) Reduce 3 oz. to the decimal of a ton. 

(b) If in a decimal fraction the decimal point be moved 
one place to the right, what effect will this produce 
oT\ the value of the fraction ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this. 

6. (a) What part of 5 is 2 ? 

(b) What part of f isf? 

(c) What per cent, of f is | ? 



9 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 

7. ^our men were engaged to build a wall in 10 days. At 

the end of 5 days they found that only J of the wall was 
built. How many additional men would be needed to complete 
the wall in the given time ? 

8. A can do a piece of work in 24 days ; A and C can do it 
in 8 days ; B and can do it in 7-^ days. In what time can B 
alone do it ? 

9. A man bought a farm for $20,000 cash, and sold it again 
immediately, taking in payment $2,010 in cash, and a note at 
six months without interest for the remainder. He had this 
note discounted at the bank, and then found that the total 
amount of cash'he had received was seven per cent, more than 
the cost of the farm. What was the face of the note ? 

10. A real estate dealer bought a country cottage and lot 
for $2,000, and rented it at once for $300 for the summer. 
He insured the house for $1,400, paying one per cent, pre- 
mium. The house was burned before the end of the season, 
and the tenant paid him only $200 rent ; but the insurance 
was paid in full, and he sold the ground for $500. Did he 
make or lose on the transaction, and how much ? 

English. 

N.B. — Li analyzing, you will state the kind of each sentence analyzed, 
whether simple, compound, or complex. You will write each clause 
separately, stating whether it is co-ordinate or subordinate, etc., and in- 
dicating to what word each clause relates. Give the principal parts of each 
clause. Point out to what the modifying words and phrases relate. If 
you can, do all this in the form of diagram. 

Write your letter, which is not to contain more than nine sentences, 
on a separate sheet of paper. Address it to Robert Wilson, and sign Ed- 
ward Jackson. Be careful to give date, address, and signature correctly. 
Other points to be attended to are spelling, capitalization, punctuation, 
grammatical correctness, the sense and clearness of your sentences, 
theii; orderly arrangement, and the composition generally. Let the 
letter be neatly written. 

T. Analyze : 

(1) To err is human, to forgive, divine. (Pope.) 

(2) From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 3 

money that came into my hands, was ever laid out in 
books. (Franklin.) 

(3) 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, 
Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; 
For a bold peasantry, their country's pride, 
When once destroyed, can never be supplied. 

(Goldsmith.) 
//. Write a letter on either of the following subjects : 

(1) A visit to the menagerie in Central Park. 

(2) A day's experience in school. 

Geography. 

1. How much of the surface of the earth is land ? What 
portions of the land are not habitable ? Why ? Of what 
regions is it not known whether they are land or water ? 

2. Which rivers join their waters at Kansas City ? Which 
near St. Louis ? Which at Cairo (111.)? Which at Pittsburg ? 
Which near Troy (N. Y.) ? Which at Montreal ? Which near 
Buenos Ayres ? Which at Lyons? Which at Mayence? 
Which at Belgrade ? Which near Bassorat (Asiatic Turkey) ? 

3. Name the countries about the North Sea ; those about 
the Baltic ; those about the Adriatic ; those about the Black 
Sea ; those about the Japan Sea. 

4. Name the four largest islands in the West Indies ; the 
four largest in Malaysia ; the most important city in the first 
group, and the most important city in the second ; tell of each 
city on which island it is situated, and what is its general or 
official lanffuar^e. 

5. Name five great mountain ranges, two in North America, 
one in South America, one in Europe, and one in Asia ;. tell 
of each, as nearly as yoU can, in which part of the Grand 
Division it is. Name the highest peak in the Eastern Hemi- 
sphere, and the highest in the Western, and state how high 
each is. Name three volcanoes, and locate them. 

6. Between the mouth of the Pigeon River (which river 
flows into Lake Superior on the confines of Minnesota and On- 
tario) and the Thousand Islands, the United States and the 



4 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 

Dominion of Canada approach very near to each other four 
times ; name the rivers which separate them, and locate them 
with reference to the Lakes and the American States. Where 
is the Strait of Dover? Where the Strait of Gibraltar? 
Where the Strait of Bal-el-Mandeb ? Where the Strait of 
Magellan ? 

7. Locate the following capes — Clear, Cod, Comorin, East, 
Farewell, Finisterre, Good Hope, Hatteras, Land's End, Lop- 
atka. May, Race, St. Roque, San Lucas, Verde. 

8. What is the Magnetic Pole ? Where is it ? What is a 
meridian? Omaha and Vera Cruz lie on the same meridian, 
and Vera Cruz is about twenty-two degrees south of Omaha ; 
what time is it at Vera Cruz, when it is noon at Omaha? 
Does the sun ever rise at the same time in these two cities? 
Does it generally rise in one city earlier than in the other ? 

History. 

1. Give an account of the explorations and discoveries of 
Vespucius, Verazzani, Champlain, and Hudson. 

2. In what way were Raleigh, Roger Williams, the Duke of 
York, and General Oglethorpe identified with the settlement 
of this country ? 

Give particulars in each case. 

3. Give the history of the Stamp Act and the Boston Port 
Bill. 

4. The battles of Bunker Hill and Camden. — Show how 
"they came to be fought, and add a brief description of each. * 

5. What were the boundaries of the United States, as fixed 
by treaty at the close of the Revolutionary War ? How were 
they changed in 1803 ? 

6. State the causes of the Mexican War. What advantage 
did the United States gain by it? 

7. Name the Presidents who served two terms ; also those 
who died in office. 

8. What services did General Grant render this country 
during the Civil War? , 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 5 

!♦. Ericsson, Samuel Adams, Perry, HamiitoD, Nathan Hale. 
— Why are these names prominent in our history ? 

10. What are the principal features of the government of 
the State of New York ? Who was its first Governor ? 



Normal College. 

Abithmetk.. 
1. Give the sum in units of lower denominations of .67 
league, f mile and ^ rod. 

o .035-H.OU12S .0374X.00T5 c T-i? J ^l U 

~- -7T= — 777^— x-^- 55^' oimpliiy and express the result as a 

.Oi-f-.UlD .010— .0001 r J r 

common fraction reduced to its lowest terms. 

3. A builder sold a house to an agent at a profit of W^. 
The agent sold to a third party at a gain of Ibfc, who in turn 
sold it at a loss of Sfb and lost 82,000. Find the cost of the 
house and for what it was sold each time. 

4. A house cost 815,725 and rents for 81,500 ; the insur- 
ance is ^fb and the repairs -^^^ each year. What rate of inter- 
est does it pay? 

5. A broker buys stock when it is 20^ below par and sells 
it when it is 16 fo below par. What is the rate of gain ? 

6. Gunpowder is composed of 33 parts by weight, of salt- 
petre, 7 of charcoal, and 5 of sulphur. Find the percentage 
composition of gunpowder. 

7. A ship sailed due south and due east on alternate days at 
the same rate each day ; at the end of six days it was found 
to be 203.G-46 miles southeast from the place of starting. 
What was the daily rate of sailing? 

8. An orchard containing 6 acres 12 sq. rods, is three times 
as long as it is wide. Required the lengtii and breadth. 

9. A man who owned 820,000 or stock, par value, sold for 
140 and invested the proceeds in other stock at 160. Tlie first 
stock paid an annual dividend of 5fc and the second of GJ^. 
What was the change in his income ? ' 

10. Required the number of square feet in one face of a 
cubical block whose contents are 105,211 cubic feet. 



6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 

Drawing. 

1. Draw a regular pentagon, four inches on a side. 

2. Draw a regular octagon, four inches on a side. 

3. Draw any Greek or Moresque ornament, writing name 
underneath. 

4. Draw from the solid in position — actual size. 
Working lines must be left on the paper. Ruling is not 

allowed. 

English. 

1. From the word syllable form five other words and define 
each word. 

2. Define the following words : fare, pun, fain, caret and 
idiom. 

3. Write a composition on Benjamin Franklin, stating (1) 
where born, (2) father's trade, (3) his own trade, (4) where he 
worked at his trade when he arrived at manhood, (5) what 
public offices he held and his influence in securing American 
independence.* , 

4. Write fifteen lines of poetry which you committed to 
memory (in accordance with the new course of study). 

(a) Define poetry, verse, stanza. 

(b) What is the difference between rhyme a,nd rhythm, .^ 

5. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

The Moors brought into Spain the cultivation of the 
Sugar Cane of Cotton and Rice and the Mulberry on 
which feeds the Silkworm commerce owed them the 
blades of toledo the Silks of grenada, the leather of 
Cordova the Spices and sweets of Valencia were re- 
nowned throughout Europe at this period the moors 
had accustomed themselves to forget the Past and to 
seek no other successes than those of Industry. 

6. What is the meaning of the proverbial phrase : " Birds 

* Credit will be given for correct sentences, the right use of 
words, correct punctuation, the right use of capitalSy 
and for brevity and clearness of expression. You 
must write at least twenty-five lines. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 7 

of a feather flock together?" Give any other common prov- 
erb and explain it. 

Give for each of the following a word of Saxon origin 
having the same meaning ; Advent, omnipotent, pre- 
cursor, prospect, ultimate. 
Give the plural of leaf, son-in-law, sheep, pailful, stratum. 

English Grammar. 
** Cousin, I am too young to be your father, 
Though you are old enough to be my heir. 
What you will have, I'll give, and willing too ; 
For do we must what force will have us do." 

1. Analyze the two sentences : 

(a) To what kind of sentence does each belong ? 

(b) Write out the clause or clauses and tell the kind 
(noun, adjective, adverbial). 

2. Parse cousin, father, enough, lohat (in the third line), do 
(at the end of fourth line) and willing. 

3. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons : 
{a) '' It is our duty to protect this government and that 

flag from every assailant, be they whom they may." 
(b) " I can give no information concerning who or whom * 

were there." 
\c) " His curiosity as well as his anxiety were or was* ex- 
cited." 
Which forms are correct, and why? 

4. Define part of speech^ case, voice, syntax. Tell why the 
same word may belong to different parts of speech. 

5. With any abstract noun construct a simple sentence, and 
then expand it into a complex sentence, making the depend- 
ent clause adverbial. 

Classify as nouns, adjectives, or adverbials the italicized 

clauses : 
I know the hour lohen he arrived. 
I know when he left the city. 
I was not at home when he called. 

* Which pronoun ? Which verb ? 



8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 

Gp:ography. 

1 (a) How can you tell in the day-time, without a mariner's 
compass, where the true south is? 

(h) In what parts of the world is the sun directly over- 
head, at noon, twice in the year? 

(c) When it is 11 a.m. at 100° W., what is the true time 
in New York ? 

(d) What is the latitude of Madrid^ 

2. Name ten States through which you would pass if you 
travelled directly west from New York City, and the capital 
of each. 

3. Bound Idaho ; name its capital city. Where is the Y'el- 
loiostone Park? 

4. Locate the following cities : Omaha, Galveston, Cleve- 
land, Louisville, Little Bock, Christiania, Lhassa, Berne^ 
Herat, Bombay. 

5. {a) Why is the climate of Newfoundland more severe 
than that of Ireland? 

(b) Which of these islands lies farther north? 

(c) What river runs between the U. S. and Mexico? 

(d) Describe the geographical position of Nicaragua'. 

6. State where the following rivers rise ; where they enipty. 
Name a large city on each and the nation to which that city 
belongs, [ci) the Ohio ; ib) the St. Lawrence ; (c) the Dan- 
ube ; (c7) the Rhone ; (e) the Paraguay. 

7. [a) What group of islands on the eastern coast of Asia 
are in the same latitude as our middle iVtlantic States? 

{h) What large island lies south of Australia ? 

(c) What one south of Hindostan ? 

{d) To what islands was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled? 

8. {cji) What mountains would you cross in going from Bor- 
deaux to Barcelona ? {h) From Vienna to Venice ? {(•) From 
Bulgaria to Constantinople?- (fZ) From Tennessee into North 
Carolina? \e) Name two volcanoes in Europe, one in Mexico, 
and two in South America. 

9. (a) Jp what two river valleys were the most ancient civ- 
ilizations of the world situated ? 



COLLEGE QI:TESTI0NS~1894 9 

(b) Where are the "Pillars of Hercules"? 

(c) Name three countries in which Mohammedanism is the 
prevailing religion, and 

(<:/) two in which the Greek Church prevails. 
10. {a) Name the two principal railroadis between New York 
and Buffalo. 

(b) What are the following great routes between the East 
and the Pacific respectively called ? 

1. That which passes through Bismarck and Helena? 

2. That which passes through Salt Lake City ? 

3. That which passes through Winnipeg? 

History. 
I. 

1. The invention of what instrument assisted naval explora- 
tion ? 

2. Who was King of Mexico, when Cortez came to that 
country ? " • 

3. Who made the first and who the second voyage around 
the world ? 

4. What were the French and Indian wars and their dates ? 

5. When and where were negro slaves first sold in Amer- 
ica? 

6. What was the most important event in the last French 
and Indian war and its date ? 

7. What reason did the English Government give for taxing 
the American colonies ? How did Great Britain interfere with 
American commerce ? 

II. 

1. Where and when did the first Continental Congress as- 
semble ? 

2. Who was chiefly instrumental in writing the Declaration 
of Independence ? 

3. What city did Washington take at the beginning of 1776, 
and what city at the end of the same year ? 

4. What important battle of the Revolutionary War in- 



10 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 

duced France to enter into an alliance with the Americans ? 
Its date and the commanders on both sides ? What event was 
decisive of the war ? Its date and the commanders on both 
sides ? 

5. Name one noted Frenchman, German, and Polander, who 
assisted the American revolutionary cause. 

6. Where and when did the first Federal Congress meet 
after the adoption of the Constitution ? 

7. When was the City of Washington made the capital of 
the United States ? 

8. From whom and for what amount was Louisiana pur- 
chased ? 

III.- 

1. Under whose administration did the war of 1812 begin 
and end ? 

2. What Indian troubles occurred during the administration 
of Jackson ? 

3. Why was the petition of Texas for admission to the 
Union at first rejected ? 

When was she admitted ? 

4. Whose administrations extended from March 4th, 1849, 
to March 4th, 1853? 

6. When was gold discovered in California ? 



IV. 

1. What State passed the first ordinance of secession and 
when? 

2. What vessels were sunk by the Merrimac ? 

3. By what vessel was the Merrimac disabled ? 

4. Name five great victories won by General Grant, three by 
General Lee, and one by General Sheridan. 

5. What were the charges against Johnson, and what was 
the result of his impeachment? 

6. When, of whom, and for what consideration was Alaska 
obtained ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1894 11 

V. 

1. What was the debt'of the Union, August 31st, 1865? 

2. When did Congress demonetize silver? When and by 
what bill was it again made legal tender? When was this bill 
repealed ? 

3. How was the Chinese immigration restricted in 1882? 

4. Who was the first American ^writer to secure general rec- 
ognition at home and abroad ? 

5. What are the three branches of the Federal Government? 
Who presides over the Senate ? What is the presiding officer 
of the House of Representatives called ? 

Spei-ling. 
At the time when he became King of Spain, Cabot, Colum- 
bus, and Vespucius had discovered the continent of America. 
Not long after his accession to the crown, Fernando Cortez, 
with a handful of men, marched from the Gulf of Mexico 
upon the city of the same name, and, after terrible struggles, 
dethroned its sovereign and reigned in his stead as Charles' 
viceroy. He discovered the Pacific and California. Before 
Charles' death, the Spaniards pushed northwards to New Mez* 
ico, and southwards to the Isthmus of Panama. 
Trisyllable Surfeited 

Tierce Maintenance 

Bevy Misdemeanor 

Jocular Oracle 

Bizarre Palate 

Caviler Saracen 

Belligerent Doggerel 

• Vestige Syringe 

Elegy Labyrinth 

Synonym Oxygen 

Privilege Tenable 

Filigree Solecism 

Hyperbole Corinth 

Irritated Vesuvius 

Thibet Bosphorus 



12 OOLLEOK QUK.^TTONS— 1895 

College of the City of New York, 1895. 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a) What is a decimal fraction ? Give an example. 

(b) What is a denominate number? Give an example. 
{c) Give the rule for multiplying one common fraction by 

another. 
(c7) Define ratio. 

2. (a) Reduce to a simple fraction 

f of 41 X I of |. 

(b) Add I, I, and j\. 

(c) What part of | is | ? 

3. (a) Find the value of -^j of a mile in whole numbers of 
lower denominations. 

(b) Reduce ,00125 to a common fraction in its lowest 
terms. 

(c) What is the difference between .325 and f ? 

4. {a) What effect is produced upon the value of a common 
fraction by multiplying numerator and dominator by the same 
quantity ? 

(b) Explain why this is so. 

5. (a) Subtract .003 from 1.1. 
(/;) Multiply 1.04 by 100.1. 

(c) Divide 1.111 by .0011. 

(d) What effect is produced upon a decimal by moving 
the decimal point one place to the right ? 

(e) Explain why this is so. 

6. I bought 100 shares of Railroad Stock at 10^ below 
par, and sold them at 8^ above par. What amount of money 
did I make, and what percentage did I gain on my invest- 
ment ? 

7. A cistern has three pipes. The first can fill it in four hours, 
the second in five hours, and the third in six hours. After 
the first had been running alone for two hours it was closed, 
and the second opened and allowed to run for two hours, and 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 13 

then closed, and the third opened. How long did the third 
have to run in order to fill the cistern ? 

8. Two brothers each received at the same time 1980 in cash. 
The first bought R. R. Stock at 2^ discount, and sold the 
same at the end of a year at 2^ premium. The other placed 
his money in a Savings Bank, which paid 2fo compound in- 
terest every six months, How much did each have at the end 
of the year ? 

9. A contractor undertook to build a wall in twenty days, and 
set six men at work on it. At the end of eight days he found 
they had only been able to build J of it. How many 7nore 
men did he have to put on the job, in order to complete the 
wall in the time agreed upon ? 

10. A and B set out from two cities 720 miles apart, and 
travel toward each other. A goes 12 miles more each day 
than B, and at the end of ten days they meet. What has been 
the rate of travel per day of each ? 

English. 

I. Analyze the following extract, classifying the sentence, 
describing each clause, and giving the principal parts with 
their word and phrase adjuncts. 

" Nevertheless, the common sense of mankind, which in 
questions of this sort seldom goes far wrong, will always rec- 
oo^nize a distinction between crimes which orio-inate in an in- 
ordinate zeal for the commonwealth, and crimes which orig- 
inate in selfish cupidit}^" — Macaulay. 

IT. Explain the difference between an active transitive verb 
and a passive verb. State how a passive verb is formed. 
Using the verb "strike" construct two sentences, one with 
the verb in the active voice, the other with the verb in the 
passive voice. Underline the passive verb. 

in. 1. Write not more than ten lines from some poem 
you have memorized during the past school year, giving the 
name of the poem and its author. In writing this extract, pay 
particular attention to the poetical arrangement by lines, tne 
spelling, the punctuation, and the use of capitals. 



14 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 

2. Tell in your own language what the author means in the 
selection vou have o'iven. 

TV. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, stating briefly 
the grammatical reasons for each correction : 

1. Of the pair of horses, the shortest one seemed lo he much 
the younger. 

2. We did not tell her who the package came from. 

3. Nearly every one of the students we knew were going to 
the exhibition. 

4. An old shoe always goes on very easy. 

5. She was smaller than either of her three sisters. 

V. 1. "Then a book was still a book, 

Where a wistful man might look, 
Finding something through the whole 
Beating — like a human soul.*^ 
Parse the words in italics. 

2. Change the following extract into a simple sentence : 
" This assault which was of a cruel and barbarous nature, 
was committed by soldiers who belonged to the British army." 

VI. Write, on a separate sheet, a composition on one of the 
following subjects : 

1. The Greater New York. 

2. Military Drill in the Schools. 

3. A letter to your uncle in the country, describing some 
object or place of interest of New York City. 

Note. — Your composition, or letter, must not be less than one hundred 
or more than one hundred and fifty words. In your letter, address your 
uncle as Jonathan Swift, and sign it Alexander Pope. 

Geography. 

1. What is the shape of the earth? Give reasons for your 
statement. 

2. Name and define the circles of the earth ; the zones ; 
the divisions of land ; of water. 

3. Where are the following islands situated : Anticosti, 
Yezo, Man, Sicily, Aleutian, Samoan, Azores, Jamaica, Ber- 
muda, Iceland ? 



\ COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 15 

I 4. Name the sources of the following rivers, and state their 
general course, and the waters into which they empty : Yang- 
tse-kiang, Murray, Yukon, Columbia, Parana, Danube, Obi, 
Ohio, Ottawa, and St. Lawrence. 

5. What countries border on the Mediterranean Sea ; the 
Caribbean Sea ; the China Sea ; the Japan Sea ; Bering's Sea ? 

6. In or between what countries or States are the following 
mountains : Pyrenees, Himalaya, Darling, Wahsatch, Atlas ? 
The following bodies of water : Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, 
Victoria Nyanza, Lake Maracaybo, Cayuga Lake ? 

7. What States border on the Atlantic Ocean ; the Pacific 
Ocean ; the Dominion of Canada? 

8. Name and locate five harbors on our Eastern, three on 
our Western, and two on our Southern coast. 

9. Name the mountains, rivers, and lakes, great railroads, 
products, capital, and chief city of New York State. 

10. What is meant by a solar day ; by new or standard 
time ; by an astronomical day ? What is the latitude and 
longitude of New York City? Upon what does the difference 
in time of two places depend ? 

History. 

1. The Constitution of the United States. — State when, 
where, and why it was adopted. 

2. Name the Presidents in order, with dates of terms, from 
Madison's to Grant's administration inclusive. 

3. What large tracts of territory has this country acquired 
through purchase? What through war? And what through 
annexation? 

4:1 What events occurred within the present limits of New 
York and Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War? 

5. Describe the early colonists of Virginia, Pennsylvania, 
and Rhode Island, showing in what respects they differed 
from each other. 

6. What navigators discovered our Atlantic Coast from the 
St. Lawrence to Florida ? Give their nationality and the part 
of the coast explored by each. 



IH COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 

Of (Jtc four remaming qtiestions answer any tioo. 

7. Describe General Lee's invasion of the north, and his re- 
pulse, in 1863. What important events in the same year along 
the line of the Mississippi ? 

8. The State of New York. — Describe the form and general 
features of its government. How were we governed here in 
colonial times, both Dutch and English? 

9. Give a clear account of the origin of the Revolution 
(about half a page). 

10. What public services Vi^ere rendered to the country by 
Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster^ Nathaniel Greene, Wm. H. 
Seward, Wm. T. Sherman? 



Noniial College. 
Arithmetic. 

1. What mixed number multiplied by ^equals 15f ? 

3 

2. A can do a piece of work in J of a day, B can do it in ^ 
of a day, and C can do it in 1| days. In what time can all do 
it, working together ? 

3. Divide 3 hundredths by 987 millionths. 

4. 26J bushels of wheat are raised from | bushel. What 
per cent is the increase ? 

5. A house that rents for $1,200 costs $16,000 ; the insur- 
ance is ^ per cent., and the repairs y^ per cent. What rate of 
interest does it pay ? 

6. If $2,000 in 6 mo. 15 da. produce $102.33, what principal 
must be loaned to gain $62.16 in 11 rao. 21 da. ? 

7. A's capital was in trade 6 mo., B's 8 mo., and C's 10 mo. 
A's gain was $750-, B's $1,200, and C's $800, and the whole 
capital $19,880. How much did each own? 

8. In what time will $18.20 at 5f per cent, amount to 
$28.43 ? 

9. The diameter of a circle is 14 inches. What is the side 
of an inscribed square ? (Inscribe the square.) 



COLLEGfE QUESTIO]^S~-1895 17 

10. What is the difference between the true and the hank 
discount of $10,000 for 7 J mo. at 3 J per cent., no allowance 
being made for three days of grace ? 

Deawing. 

1. Draw an ellipse, vertical diameter 8 inches, horizontal 
diameter 5 inches. 

2. Draw an octagon, 4 inches on a side. 

3. Draw any Greek oi- Moresque ornament, writing name 
underneath. 

4 Draw from the solid in position, actual size. 

Working lines must be left on the paper. Ruling is not 

allow^ed. 

English. 

1 (a) Define the following words : Analysis, synthesis, con- 
crete, abstract, involution. 

(b) Write the plural of the first two words. 

(c) Write a compound sentence, using the words analysis 
and synthesis. 

{d) Write a sentence in which concrete is used as an ad- 
jective, and another in which the adjective may be used 
as a noun. 

(e) By substitution of another prefix change into words of 
opposite meaning : Inculpate, subscription, prologue. 

4:0fo 

2. (a) Write five words derived from the word fame ; three 

from prime and two from idol. 
(b) What are synonyms ? Give a synonym of torrid. 
Give a word in which one of the constituent parts of 
synonym is found and illustrate by an example. (The 
word synthesis will not be accepted.) 40^ 

3. (a) Draw a form of rectangular envelope and address it to 
a board of school trustees in some ward. 

(5) Write a letter of application to this board for a posi- 
tion as a teacher.. ^30^ 

4. Write a composition of not less than twenty or more than 
thirty lines on the City of New York, stating in order (1) its 



IB COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 

boundaries ; (2) its early settlement ; (3) its subsequent con- 
quest ; (4) why it was named New York ; (5) to what it owes 
its greatness as a city ; and (6) name its principal buildings 
and parks. 60^ 

(In 3 and 4 credit will be given for arrangement, correct use 
of words, punctuation and grammatical construction.) 
5. Capitalize and punctuate : 

The aziola. 

Do you hear the aziola cry 

methinks she must be nigh 

said mary as we sate 

in dusk ere the stars were lit or candles brought 

and i who thought 

this aziola was some tedious woman 

asked who is aziola how elate 

i felt to know that it was nothing human 

no mockery of myself to fear or hate 

and mary saw my soul 

and laughed and said disquiet yourself not 

'tis nothing but a little downy owl. dO^ 

(Students are requested, in writing their answers and num- 
bering their papers, to follow the order of the questions.) 

Grammar. 

1. Name five adjectives that do not admit of comparison. 
Name the two positives of worse. Write the plural of radius^ 
of bandit and of stratum. 

2. T/iis vms the noblest Boman of them all: 
All the conspirators.^ save only he 

Did that they did in envy of great Caesar ; 

He only^ in a general honest thought 

And common good to all., made one of them, 
{a) Analyze the above sentence, stating the kind of 

sentence. 
ip) Write the several clauses. 
(c) Correct errors (if any). 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 19 

3. Parse save, that^ only (in second line), only (in fourth 

line), good. 

4. Compose a sentence having a substantive clause used as 

an attribute. 
Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause, and 

change the clause into a phrase. 
Write a simple sentence having its object modified by 

a participial phrase, and change the phrase into an 

adjective clause. 

5. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons : 

{a) Either you or I are in the way. 

(5) That is seldom or ever the case. 

(c) What sounds have each of the vowels ? 

(c?) Bismarck is greater than any German statesman. 

Geography. 

1. Name the boundaries and state the width of the Torrid 
and Temperate zones. 

(a) At what place on the globe must one be to have the 

sun in the zenith on the 21st of June ? 
(ft) Of what use are parallels and meridians? 
(c) State the latitude and longitude of New York. 
{d) Why does a telegram from New York at noon reach 

Omaha before noon ? 

2. Name the straits and rivers which connect the great lakes 
with each other and with the ocean. 

{a) What is the population of the United States, of New 
York City, and of London ? (In round numbers.) 

(6) Name two important islands belonging to the State of 
New York, and the largest town in each. 

3. Draw a map of Connecticut, and locate the following 
cities : New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport. 

{a) Write the boundaries of the State. 

4. Locate the following cities : Denver, Rock Island, Daven- 
port, Vicksburg, Helena, Louisville, Olympia, Santa Fe, Ban- 
gor, and Chattanooga. 

5. Name five rivers of South America. 



20 COLLEGE QUESI^TONR— 1805 

(a) Bound Austria. State its capital and principal 

river. 

(b) Name the two principal cities of Japan, 

(c) What circle crosses the island of Formosa ? 

(d) Name the Barbary States and the capital of each. 

(e) Name two of the Sandwich Islands. 
(/) On which is Honolulu situated ? 



United States History. 

1. (a) To what race are the North American Indians sup- 
posed to belong? (b) What was the social condition of the 
Mexicans • when attacked by Oortez ? (c) Who discovered 
the Mississippi, and in what year ? 

2. (a) When and by whom was slavery introduced into the 
United States ? (b) Describe briefly the difference in char- 
acter between the original settlers of Massachusetts and Vir- 
ginia, (c) Name the wars that preceded the French and 
Indian War. 

3. (a) What name was given to the adherents of George 
III. during the war of the Revolution ? [b) What special 
experience as militar}^ officers had Washington and some of 
the other American commanders when the war w^as begun ? 
(c) In what year did the Americans receive important aid 
from Europe, and from what nation ? [d) Name the two 
most important battles of the Revolution, and give the date 
of each, (e) Name the battles in which Greene was chief 
commander. 

4. (a) Give a brief account of the Hartford Convention. 
(b) What is meant by the Monroe Doctrine ? (c) Name two 
noted American and two noted Mexican commanders during 
the Mexican War. 

5. (a) Name the different commanders of the Army of the 
Potomac during the Civil War. (b) Name the two men who 
were Secretary of War under Lincoln, (c) What two great 
questions were settled by the success of the North ? (d) 
Name the Presidents from Jackson to the present time. 



(lOLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 



21 



Spelling. 

The military results of the campaign as summed up by 
Tji-rant were : The defeat of the enemy in five battles outside 
of Vicksburg, the occupation of Jackson the capital of Missis- 
sippi, and the capture of Vicksburg, its garrison and muni- 
itions of war. He might have added the fall of Port Hudson 
which Farragut and Banks had vainly endeavored to reduce. 

Grant, after winning the battle of Chattanooga, sent 

Sherman to relieve Burnside who was cooped up in Knoxville, 

East Tennessee. All eyes were turned to Grant, and it was 

tacitly conceded that he should command all the armies in the 
field. Two courses were open to him. He might invest Rich- 
mond from the north, or, crossing the Ohickahominy and the 
James, besiege it from the south. 



Anaconda 

Bivouac 

Cannibal 

Centennial 

Centenary 

Cylinder 

Declamatory 

Inflammatory 

Diocese 

Farinaceous 

Graminivorous 

Victuals 



Vermilion 

Vaccination 

Tureen 

Symmetry 

Satyr 

Resuscitate 

Rhythm 

Pomegranate 

Parricide 

Palisade 

Hyacinth 

Harass 



Embarrass 

Javelin 

Murrain 

Morrisania 

Philippine Islands 

Gibraltar 

Jamaica 

Tyrol 

Sicily (Island) 

Madeira 

Mozambique 

Aleutian Islands 



College of the City of New York, 1896, 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a ) What is meant by the ratio of one number to another"^ 
Give an example. - 

(b) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of 
three numbers? Give an example. 



22 . COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 

(e) What is meant bv a compound fraction ? Give an 

example? 
(d) Give the rule for dividing one common fraction by 
another. 
2. {a) Find the value of the following expressions : 
I off 

of 14 

(b) Add— 



3^.11 • |ofifofJj4. 



(c) What part of | is J ? 

3. A telephone wire whose length is 1 mile 30 rods, cost 
$10.50. What was the price of the wire per foot ? 

4. (a) Write in decimal form : 

Three ten-thousandths, 

Three, and ten one-thousandths, 

One thousand and ten, and ten hundredths. 

(b) What is the quotient of 2.25 by 1.5? by 150? by 
.009? 

(c) Add 3.002, 610, 21.6. ^ 

5. (a) Divide | by 7. " 

(b) If the denominator of a fraction is multiplied by a 
whole number, what effect will this produce upon the 
value of the fraction ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this. 

6. (ct) When a decimal fraction is multiplied by another 

decimal fraction, give the rule for pointing off the deci- 
mal places in the product. 
(b) Explain the reason of this rule. 

7. A man bought 1,000 bushels of potatoes at a certain price 
per bushel. One hundred bushels were damaged before he 
could sell them, but he sold the remainder for $55, and found 
he had gained 10 ^ on the cost of his entire purchase. What 
did he pay per bushel ? 

8. A dealer in real estate had his note for $20,000 at six 
months discounted at his bank, and with the proceeds bought 
a house. He rented this at $50 a month, for six months, but 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 93 

during that time he paid out $340 for repairs. At the end of 
the six months he sold the property at an advance of 5 ^ on 
the original cost, and from the money he received paid his 
note at the bank. How much did he gain on the transac- 
tion ? 

9. Six men undertook to do a piece of work and finished half 
of it in 5 days. Then two of the men were taken off and set on 
another job. In how long a time did the remaining men finish 
the work? 

10. A, B, and C entered into a partnership for three years. 
A put in $10,000, B $15,000, and C $25,000. At the end of 
the first year, however, A put in $10,000 more, B put in 
$2,500 more, C withdrew $12,500, and D joined the partnership 
and put in $25,000. At the end of the three years the profits 
were found to be $34,000. How much should each partner re- 
ceive ? 

English. 

I. The snow had begun in the gloaming, 

And busily all the night 
Had been heaping field and highway 
With a silence deep and white. 

Every pine and fir and hemlock 
Wore ermine too dear for an earl, 

And the poorest twig on the elm-tree 

Was ridged inch deep with pearl. — LoweU, 

In the above extract state what is meant by 

(a) " l7i the gloaming.^' 

(b) " With a silence deep and white.^^ 

(c) " Wore ermine too dear for an earV 

(d) " Was ridged inch deep with pearl." 

11. 1. In the above extract analyze the first stanza, classify- 
ing the sentence, describing each clause, and giving the prin- 
cipal parts with their word and phrase adjuncts. 

2. Parse : 

(«) had been heaping, (b) wore^ (c) deary (d) was ridged. 



24 COLLEGE tiUESTIONS— 1896 

III. Rewrite the following' sentences correctly, stating briefly 
the grammatical reasons for each correction : 

1. The work goes on slower than we expected. 

2. His four sons were named John, Peter, Henry, and 
Robert ; the latter was a graduate of Harvard. 

3. Try to write like I do. 

4. Each of the boj^^s were perfect in their spelling. 

5. Neither the carriage nor the livery of the servant who 
preceded it were familiar to them. 

IV. On a separate sheet of paper write a letter, properly 
arranged, containing not less than one hundred or more than 
one hundred and fifty words. Imagine you were living near 
Lexington on April 19, 1775, and saw all you have studied, or 
that has been told you, about the story of the battle of Lex- 
ington. Write the letter to your cousin living in Philadelphia, 
and give an account of what you saw and heard on that mem- 
orable day. Sign your letter Jonathan Swift. 

Geography. 

1. Name the grand divisions of land on the Earth, first in 
the order of size, and secondly in the order of population. 

2. Which is farther, from the Mississippi (at St. Louis) east 
to the Atlantic, or west to the Pacific ? Which is the longest 
distance and which the shortest of these three — from Cadiz 
(Spain) to Norfolk (Virginia), from San Francisco to Yoko- 
hama, from Sidney (New South Wales) to Valparaiso (Chile) ? 

3. Name the two largest states of the United States ; the 
two smallest ; the three east of the Mississippi that have 
neither seashore nor lakeshore ; the three on Lake Superior. 

4. Bound the State of New York (exclusive of Long Island), 
starting at Buffalo and following the boundary until you get 
back to Buffalo again ; and so far as lakes and rivers consti- 
tute the border, name not only them but also the land on the 
other side. 

5. Sketch the coast of South America from the Isthmus cf 
Panama to the mouth of the Amazon ; start the boundary 
lines running from the coast inward ; name, on your sketch, 



COLLEaE QUESTIOlSrS— 1896 25 

the republics and colonies so divided ; locate the mouth of the 
Orinoco, and trace the general course of the river ; locate and 
name the capitals which are on the coast. 

6. Which two European countries have possessions in North 
America considerably larger than themselves ? which four 
European countries have large possessions in Africa, other 
than Egypt ? to which country is Egypt tributary ? Where 
are the Hebrides ? w^here the New Hebrides ? where the 
Canary Islands ? (name not only the ocean but also the nearest 
land). 

7. Name ten European cities, not capitals, nor more than 
two in any one country; and name with each the country in 
which and the water on whicli it is situated. 

8. Through which (four) straits must a ship pass on the way 
from Odessa (which is on the Black Sea) to Oronstadt (which 
is on the Gulf of Finland) ? Which powers [or nations] have 
forts on these straits ? Odessa being almost due south of 
Oronstadt, the latter on the 60th parallel and the former in 
latitude 46° 30', what is the distance, in English miles, be- 
tween them? Could a ship-canal connecting the two ports be 
carried ulong their meridian, or are there mountains in the 
way ? 

History Examination. 

1. Describe Raleigh's attempts to establish colonies in Amer- 
ica. What did Gosnold accomplish ?_ 

2. Write a brief account of the settlement of Massachusetts, 
New York, and New Jersey. 

3. Give an outline of the Parliamentary measures that pro- 
voked the colonists from 1765 to 1775. 

4. What were the causes and the result of the 1812 war? 
Name three naval actions, 1813-14. 

5. State the "Secession" question, giving the views of both 
parties. What was the " nullification " issue before that ? 

6. With what events are the following places associated in 
our history? Philadelphia, in 1774; Tippecanoe; Salem; 
Cowpens ; Vicksburg ; Detroit ; Monterey. 



d6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1895 

Answer any one, and only one, of the following questions : 

7. Name the Presidents in order, from Jackson to Garfield. 
Who was President when Alaska was purchased? Who, 
when gold was discovered in California? Who, when Hamil- 
ton was killed ? 

8. What are the leading points in the last three amend- 
ments to the Constitution? 

9. Give an account of the earliest explorations of the Great 
Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. 

N. B. — The candidates will also be marked for their spelling on this 
paper. They should examine tl?ieir work carefully before handing it in. 



Normal College. 

Arithmetic. 

1. A certain sum of money was divided among four persons. 
A received f, B J, C -f^, and D the remainder, which is $30. 
What was the whole sum divided ? 

2. Divide one thousand and one hundred thousandths by 
one thousandth. 

3. Invested |6,000 in 6 per cent, bonds at 125. What rate 
per cent, do I receive, and what is the income from it ? 

4. Find the cost of covering the floor of a hall, 45 feet long 
and 6 feet 6 inches wide, with oil-cloth at 11.35 a square yard. 

5. What principal will amount to $15,000 in 4^ years at 5^ 
per'cent. ? 

6. Bought goods for $500 ; sold half of them at a loss of 20 
per cent., and the other half at a gain of 20 per cent. How 
much shall I gain or lose on the whole ? 

7. A and B are partners ; f of A's capital is equal to | of B's ; 
and their loss in business is $2,150. What is the share of each ? 

8. A rectangular field is 42 rods long and 35 rods wide. 
Find its value at $37.50 an acre. 

9. What is the length of the diagonal of a city lot, 25 feet 
by 100 feet ? 

10. Find the cube root of 3 to three decimal places. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 27 

Drawing. 

' 1. Draw a square, 5 inches on a side ; in this draw a simple 
design. 

2. Draw an Egyptian or Greek border, writing name 
underneath. 

3. Draw from objects in position, showing actual size. 
Ruling and mechanical measurements are not allowed. 

English. 

1. Write a composition of not less than twenty or more 
than thirty lines on Arbor Day. State (1) what you know of 
its origin ; (2) why and how it is celebrated ; (3) how it was 
celebrated in your school ; (4) what wise and useful purpose 
is attained by its celebration. 

(Credit will be given for arrangement, correct use of words, punctu- 
ation, and grammatical construction.) 

2. (a) Give the plural of valley, journey, sheaf, ellipsis, and 
index, (b) Write each of these words in a sentence, (c) 
Write a sentence illustrating antithesis. 

3. {a) Define the following words : Graphic, scribe, raise, 
raze, and fare, (b) Write a simple sentence containing the 
word graphic, a compound one with raise, and a complex one 
with raze, (c) Write the two following sentences, using a 
different gender : 

She is an alumna of our College. 

She instituted her husband as executor of her will. 

4. (a) Form three other words from the word origin ; three 
from court, and three from human, (b) Explain the difference 
between learn and teach, and between famous and notorious, 
(e) Write a complex sentence containing learn and teach. 

5. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

There is a highly suggestive sentence in one of matthew 
arnold's letters which runs thus perfection in the region of the 
highest poetry demands a tearing of one's self to pieces 
which men do not readily consent to unless driven by their 
demoii to do so there surely we have the explanation of which 



28 COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1896 

we are in search in eight words tliough he has left works in 
verse that will not die thyrsis the scholar gypsy obermann 
once more etc still at no time of his life did matthew arnol(| 
tear himself to pieces he preferred to cultivate tranquillity he 
wrote some most beautiful poetry but he was not driven by 
his demon to do so and at length he ceased to write poetry 
altogether. 

Grammar. 

1. What is a part of speech ? Why do words change from 
one part of speech to another ? How can you distinguish the 
parts of speech ? 

2. What is a passive f a redundant f a defective verb ? 
Write three sentences, each containing one of these. 

3. Compare little^ loell, and ill. 
Compare in^ oHi^^ and up. 

Name three adjectives that cannot be compared, and 

give reason. 
Write a noun clause in apposition with the subject of 

the sentence, in other words, explanatory of the 

same, 

4. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons : 

It is our duty to protect this government and that flag 

from every assailant, be they whom they may. — 

Douglas. 
Burke was offered a very lucrative employment. — Good' 

rich. 
Homer, as well as Virgil, were translated and studied on 

the banks of the Rhine. — Gibbon. 
While ever and anon there falls huge heaps of hoary 

moulded walls. — Dyer. 

5. Write a sentence which has a clause used as a subject. 
Write a complex sentence containing both an adjective 

and an adverb clause. In the following sentence 
state the kind of sentence ; write the clauses ; tell 
the kind of clause each is : 
"You'll ask me, why I rather choose to have 
A weight of carrion flesh than to receive 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 29 

Three thousand ducats : I'll not answer that ; 
But say it is my humor." 
6. Parse ask, why, rather, receive, that. 

Geography. 

1. (a) What is the Equator? 
{h) Name the Polar Circles. 

(c) Give the cause of the change of seasons. 

{d) What part of the earth's surface has no sunlight in 

June ? 
(e) Why does a telegram sent from New York at noon 

reach Chicago before noon ? 

2. (a) Bound Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long 

Island. 
{b) By what other name is Staten Island known ? 
(c) Of how many counties is Long Island composed? 

Name them. 

3. {a) Name three great railroads running through the State 

of New York. 
{b) Give reasons which justify the term Empire State as 
applied to New York. 

4. (a) Bound the State of Maine. 

(6) Name its capital, and four important towns. 
(c) Where is Harvard University ? Yale College ? Cor- 
nell University ? 

5. (a) Mention five sea-ports in Europe to which steamers 

leaving New York sail regularly. - 

ip) Name the four largest islands of the West Indies ; 
also, the four largest of the East Indies. 
. (c) Name the bodies of water a ship would pass through 
in sailing from London to Calcutta. 

6. Write the capitals of Holland, Austria, Japan, Canada, 

Thibet, Persia, Transvaal, Chili, Peru, and Venezuela. 

7. Name three great rivers in Africa ; three in South Amer- 

ica ; and three in Asia. 

8. {a) Where are the Aleutian Islands, and to whom do they 

belong ? 



30 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 

(b) Where is the Island of Formosa, and to whom does it 

belong ? 

(c) What nations own the following islands : Jamaica, 

Cuba, Java, Corsica, and Iceland? 

United States History. 

1. (a) Name the three vessels which Columbus commanded 
when he set forth on his great voyage of discovery. 

(b) Why was the New World not named after Columbus? 

(c) By what right did Spain, France, and England claim 
North America? 

2. (a) Name the Dutch governors of New York, (b) State 
what you know of the Patroons of the colony of New York. 

3. (a) What four expeditions moved against the French in 
1755 ? [b) Give a brief account of Braddock's expedition 
against Fort du Quesne. (c) What great man was a subor- 
dinate officer in this expedition ? 

4. (a) Where and when did Washington take command of 
the Revolutionary army ? (b) What important victories did 
Washington gain at the close of '76 and the beginning of '77 ? 
(c) Where did Congress assemble while the British occupied 
Philadelphia ? (d ) In what two battles near Philadelphia 
were the Americans defeated ? (e) By what victories in the 
State of New York was the cause of independence greatly 
benefited ? 

5. (a) Why did "The articles of Confederation" not furnish 
a good government for the new Republic ? (b) When was the 
present constitution adopted by the States ? (c) By what 
vote was it adopted? (d) What difficulties led to the estab- 
lishment of a strong central government? 

6. (a) What were the Alien and Sedition Laws? (b) Dur- 
ing whose administration were these laws passed ? {c) Dur- 
ing whose administration and from whom was the Louisiana 
purchase made? {d) What was the Missouri Compromise? 

7. (a) State the causes which led to the Mexican war. (b) 
What battles were fought by General Scott between Vera 
Cruz and the City of Mexico? (c) Name the territory ceded 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1896 31 

by Mexico at the close of the war. (d) Explain the Fugitive 
Slave Law. (e) What great work written by a woman made 
abolitionists by the thousand? {/) Name the writer. 

8. (a) State the causes that led to the civil war. [b) Name 
the States which passed ordinances of secession, (c) Describe 
the two flags — the United States and the Confederate, (d) 
What was the first important battle of the civil war? (e) 
Which side was successful ? {/) Name the chief command- 
ers, (g) How often did Lee invade the North ? (A) In what 
great battle was he defeated during his first invasion ? (^) 
What was the greatest victory gained by the Army of the 
Potomac ? (j) Name three of Grant's greatest victories. 

9. (a) How was slavery abolished in the United States? 
{b) Why was President Johnson impeached ? (c) Who were 
the candidates for the presidency in 1876 ? [d) What dis- 
pute arose about the election ? (e) Who was Secretary of 
State under Garfield ? 

Spelling. 

Horace Mann, LL.D.^ was born in Franklin, N'orfolk 
County, Massachusetts, May 4, 1796. His father was a farmer 
in limited circumstances. The boy earned his school-books by 
braiding straw. At the age of twenty he commenced the 
study of Latin, and in six months completed his preparation 
to enter the sophomore class in Brown University, Rhode 
Island, where he was graduated with the highest honors in 
1819. In 1821 he entered the law school at Litchfield, and in 
1823 was admitted to the bar. In 1833 he was elected to the 
State Senate. To his enlightened philanthropy was due the 
establishment of the State Lunatic Hospital at W^orcester. In 
1837 he was elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of 
Education. By his diligence, enthusiasm, and indomitable 
energy he effected a thorough reform in the educational sys* 
tem of the State. 

He went bail for a man who stole a bale of cotton. 

His gait while passing through the gate was unsteady 

The pale girl carried a pail of water. 



32 



COLLEGE QUESTTONft— 1897 



Alpaca 

l^ilious 

Crustaceous 

Dramatize 

Ecstasy 

Edible 

Filament 

Ferret 

Glycerine 

Heifer 

Inoculate 



Jocund 

Kangaroo 

Lacerate 

Larynx 

Macerate 

Nautilus 

Ocular 

Operatic 

Parricide 

Quarantine 

Sibylline 



Venetian 

Portuguese 

Spaniard 

Italian 

Cincinnati 

Orinoco 

Bartholomew 

Cornelius 

Dardanelles 

Tiberius 



College of the City of New York, 1897. 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a) What is meant by a quotient ? by a minuend ? 

(b) What is shown by the numerator and what by the 
denominator of a common fraction ? 

(c) What is meant by the present worth of a sum of 
money payable at a future time? 

(d) Why are common fractions reduced to a common de- 
nominator before they are added? 

2 of 11 ^a of 11 

2. {a) What part of -r^-^ is * ^^ 



40ix-H 



H^t\ 



(b) Find the value of If —^\ of 4^ + 1 

3. (a) What decimal part of a furlong is |-|^ of a foot ? 

(b) What is the effect of multiplying the denominator of 
a common fractipn by 3 ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this. 

4. (ci) Write in decimal form : nine ten-millionths ; thirty* 
three ten-thousandths ; ten, and twenty ten-thousandths. 

(b) Divide .064 by 16 ; by .00016. 

,,„ 1-1/. Ill ^ " 121.11 

{c) Keduce to a decimal lorm and add : , -— -, — rr— 

lUUu 1/co li. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS 1897 B3 

5. (a) What is the effect upon the value of a decimal of 
moving- the decimal point one place to the right? 

{b) Explain why this is so. 

(c) In multiplying one decimal by another, how many 
decimal places must be pointed off in the product? 

(d) Explain the reason for this rule. 

6. If it requires y bushels of oats to keep 3 horses J of a 
month, how many horses can be fed for ^ of a month, on ^'^ 
bushels ? 

7. A cistern has two pipes (A and B) to fill it, and one pipe 
(C) to empty it. On one occasion after A and B had both 
been running for two hours, the cistern was found to be | ful]. 
Then A and B were turned off, and C opened for two hours, 
when it appeared that the cistern was ^ full. If then all three 
had been opened together, how soon would the cistern have 
been filled ? 

8. A man who had $2,000 in cash was offered a house and 
lot for 111,850. He borrowed 15,000 from a friend, giving to 
his friend his note for |5,000 at six months at 6^. He also 
had a note at six months discounted at the bank for such a 
sum as yielded him the remaining $4,850. He then bought 
the property, and sold it at the end of the six months for 
113,500. After he had paid his notes how much had he left ? 

9. Two mechanics, A and B, undertook a job together, 
agreeing to share the profits equally. In performing the 
work, A paid out for wages and material $116, and B paid out 
for the same |56. A collected the bill in full for $250. How 
much should he pay to B ? 

10. A man bought bonds having a par value of 110,000 at 
10^ discount, held them for one year, receiving during that 
time 5^ interest on them, and sold them at. 6fo below par. 
What interest has he made on his money? 

English. 
'* Spake full well, in language quaint and olden. 

One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, 
When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, 

Stars that in earth's firmament do shine. 



34 (;OLJ.E(^K QlTEatlONS— ISO'? 

" Stars they are, wherein we read our history, 

As astrologers and seers of eld. 
Yet not wrapped about witli awful mystery, 

Like the burning stars, which they beheld. — Loiujfelloio. 
In the above selection, state what is meant by 

{ti) In language quaint and olden. 

(I)) The castled Rhine. 

(c) Earth' s firmament. 

(d) Astrologers and seers of eld. 

{e) Wrapped about with awful mystery. 

2. Analyze the first stanza of the selection given above; 
classify the sentence, describe each clause, and give the prin. 
cipal parts with their word and phrase adjuncts. 

3. Parse spake, well, quaint, one, flowers. 

4. By means of various prefixes, make from the root of each 
of the following words two other English derivatives : aspire, 
assign, ascribe, deceive, affect. 

5. On a separate sheet of paper, write to a friend in Boston, 
a letter, of about one hundred words, in which you give an 
account of Grant Day, Sign your letter Washington Irving. 

Geography. 

1. What river must one cross in going from (1) Arizona 
to California, (2) Georgia to South Carolina, (3) Illinois to 
Iowa, (4) Indiana to Kentucky, (5) Iowa to Nebraska, (6) 
Louisiana to Texas, (7) Maryland to Virginia, (8) New Hamp- 
shire to Vermont, (9) New Jersey to Pennsylvania, (10) Ohio 
to West Virginia, (11) Oregon to Washington ? 

2. Locate these islands and state to what countries they 
severally belong : (1) Alderney, (2) Corsica, (3) Crete, (4) 
Helgoland, (5) Jamaica, (6) Joannes, (7) Spitzbergen, (8) Su- 
matra, (9) Tasmania. 

3. Of what larger countries are the following states, king- 
doms, provinces, etc., severally parts? (1) Amooria, (2) 
Bohemia, (3) Chihuahua, (4) Finland, (5) Lombardy, (6) Nor- 
mandy, (7) Oklahoma, (8) Ontario, (9) Saxony, (10) Syria, (11) 
Thibet, (12) Victoria, (13) Wales. 



COLLEGE QUESTIOXS— 1897 36 

■4. The daily papers coiiiain advertisements of steamers to 
sail for (1) Antwerp, (2) Bremen. (3) Genoa, (4) Glasgow, (5^ 
Hamburg, (6) Havre, (7) Hongkong, (S) Liverpool, (9) Rotter- 
dam, (10) Southampton, (11) Yokohama. Teii of each of these 
ports in what country.* and at or near the mouth of what river, 
or on what sea, gulf, etc., it lies. 

5. When it is noon at Cape Farewell it is midnight near 
Okhotsk. How far apart are Maranham and the Admiralty 
Islands {en in degrees and [b) in miles? Both lie near the 
equator, Maranham due south of Cape Farewell, and the Ad- 
miralty Islands south of Okhotsk. 

6. Where do the Bedouins live? {2} where the Busnmen ? 
(3) where the Choctaws "? ^A- where me Esquimaux? (5) where 
the Hottentots ? (6 1 where the Malays ? 

HiSTOET. 

1. Briefly describe the voyages and discoveries of the Cabots ; 
of Champlain ; of Hudson. 

2. Describe the early colonists of New York. Pennsylvania, 
and Yirginia, showing in what respects they differed from 
each other. 

3. How did the French and Indian War differ, in its origin 
and results, from other colonial wars? Explain the final suc- 
cess of the English, 

4. Was the Declaration of Independence a cause of the 
Revolutionary War ? Explain why it was issued. 

5. What were the boundaries of the United States, as fixed 
by treaty, at the close of the Revolution ? What additions 
have since been made, and when and how have they been ac- 
quired ? 

6. Give the leading events of Madison's and Jackson's ad- 
ministrations. 

»^^ Answer but one of the following questions, giving the 
number of the one you answer : — 

T. What are the leading features of the government o: the 
State of New York? 



3<1 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1897 

8. What services did General Grant render this country dur- 
ing the Civil War ? 

9. State concisely for what the following men have been dis- 
tinguished in our history : Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, 
General Greene, Robert E. Lee, Wm. H. Seward. 

N. B. — The candidates will also be marked for their SPELLING on this 
paper. They should examine their work carefully before handing it in. 



Normal College. 

Arithmetic. 

1. A cistern has a capacity of 289yV gallons, and has a 
pipe discharging into it 25| gallons per hour, and there is a 
leak through which it loses b\ gallons per hour : how long 
will it take to fill the cistern ? 

o wu .- .u 1 ^ 1.2^37x5000 7_ 

2. What IS the value of — ^r— + — .jFTr.- -^^ 

3. A coal dealer receives 118.68 for 4,624 pounds of coal, 
what was the price per ton ? 

4. The longitude of New York is 74° 3^ west, and of New 
Orleans 90° west ; what is the difference in time? 

5. A student who attended school 75 days during a term 
was marked 85^ for attendance ; how many days was he 
absent ? 

6. The proceeds of a three months note discounted by a 
bank at 5^ were 11,000 ; find the face of the note. 

7. How many dollars would a man gain in buying 240 
shares (the par value of each share being $100) of railroad 
stock at 3f ^ discount and selling the same at 1| ^ premium? 

8. If I buy oranges at 15 cents a dozen and sell them at the 
rate of 3 for 5 cents, what per cent, profit do I make ? 

9. If A travels 24 miles 198 rd. 4 yd. in 6 h. 30 min., how 
far will he go in 9 h. 45 min. ? 

10. How many square feet in the sides of a room 18 ft. 
long, 14 ft. 6 in. wide, and 9 ft. 6 in. high ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS_1897 3? 

11. A gold eagle of the United States weighs 258 gr., and 
the silver in it weighs 25.8 gr, ; what per cent, of the coin is 
silver ? 

12. A man bought 1,000 shares of stock for 118,000 and sold 
800 shares for what they all cost ; required the gain per cent. 

13. A receives $1,260 dividends at 7^ ; required the amount 
of stock he owns and number of shares, each share being $50. 

14. What is the longest straight line that can be drawn on 
the floor of a room 20 ft. 9 in. long and 15 ft. 3 in. wide ? 

15. Find the cube root of 389,017. 

Drawing. 

1. Draw a pentagon 3 inches on a side. 

2. Draw a square 5 inches on a side ; in this inscribe a 
circle. 

3. Draw any Egyptian or Greek ornament, writing name 
underneath. 

4 Draw a hexagonal prism, placed so that the top is below 
the level of the eye, and resting on hexagonal face. Height 
about six inches. 

Ruling is not allowed. 

English. 

1. Write a composition of between twenty-five and thirty- 
five lines on General Grant, stating (1) his full name, (2) his 
rank in the army, (3) where and when he was born, (4) in 
what wars he served as an officer, (5) the names of four great 
battles in which he was victorious, and any other important 
events in his life you may choose to narrate. 

[Credit will be give^ifor arrangement^ correct use of words, 
punctuation, the use of capital letters, grammatical construe' 
tion, and accuracy of fact. ^ 

2. From the word fame form four words, and use each in a 
separate sentence — the first, simple ; the second, compound ; 
the third, complex ; and the fourth containing two clauses, 
one adjective and the other adverbial. Name five kinds of 
words beginning with capital letters. 

3. Show the difference between the words learn and teach, 



38 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1897 

and illustrate this difference by using both words in the same 
sentence. When should you use O, and when Oh ? Use 
each in a separate sentence. Put in the plural the two fol- 
lowing sentences : 

(a) This young man is an Alumnus of the City College. 

(b) This young lady is an Alumna of the Normal College. 

4. Define the following words : cite, site, prey, trend, feud. 
Give your reasons for approval or disapproval of the fol- 
lowing : 

(a) Whom do you think I am ? 

{b) Why don't you lay down and take a nap ? 

(c) A farmer advertises that boarders will get healthy food 
on his farm. 

5. Capitalize and punctuate : — 

•^bill after passing both houses is sent to the president who 
has ten days Sundays excepted to consider it if he approves 
he signs it if he does not approve the bill he usually returns 
it to the house in which it originated with his reasons for not 
signing it if he does not return it within the ten days it 
becomes a law without his signature unless congress has 
idjourned before the ten days expired 

There rolls the deep where grew the tree 

O earth what changes thou hast seen 
There where the long street roars hath been 

The stillness of the central sea 
i'he hills like shadows melt they flow 

From form to form and nothing stands 
They fade like mists the solid lands 

Like clouds they shape themselves and go 

English Grammar. 

1. Write three nouns that are alike in both numbers. Give 
the plural form for tooth-brush, spoonful. State and illustrate 
the three principal ways of forming gender. Define case. 
How many cases in English ? How do you distinguish each ? 

2. What rules can you give for the correct use of shall and 
will? Write a suitable example of each rule. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1897 39 

8. Parse the italicized words in each of the following ; 
The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam. 
What we like, seldom tires us. 
He ran like a deer. 

Forward like a blood-red flag the bright flamingoes flew. 
It is scarcely worth while. 

4. Analysis. 

" His hand was known 
In heaven by many a towered structure high, 
Where sceptered angels held their residence, 
And sat as princes, whom supreme King 
Exalted to such power, and gave to rule, 
Each in his hierarchy, the orders bright.'* 
Write out, separately, each subordinate or dependent clause, 
taking care to supply what is wanting to any elliptical clause. 
Tell the kind of clause according to the divisions known as 
substantive (noun), adjective, and adverbial clauses. 

5. Syntax. 

¥n\\ fathoms five thy father lies. 
He died the death of the righteous. 
My friends said such things as surprised me. 
The wall is only s^foot high. 
This bodes us no good. 
Parse the italicized words in each of the foregoing. 

Geography. 

1. {a) Name two important islands belonging to the State 
of New York. 

{b) Bound the State of New York. 

(c) Name five large cities in New York in the order of 

their population. 
{d) What counties and portions of counties are included 

in the Greater New York ? 
{e) Name two great railroads and one great canal in the 

State of New York. 

2. (a) State in degrees the width of each zone. 

{b) Name the continents and oceans in order of size. 



40 COLLKciK yrKSTI()NS_lS97 

(<•) At what place on the globe must a person be to have 
the sun in the zenith on the 22d of June ? 

(d) What is the situation of places having the same 
length of day ? 

3. (a) Name and locate five cities situated on the great lakes 
between the United States and British America. 

{b) What State of the Union has the largest population ? 

the largest city ? the greatest commerce ? 
(c) Name the States on the west bank of the Mississippi 

and the capital of each. 

4. (a) Name the six great powers of Europe, the capital of 
each of these countries, and where situated. 

(b) Name five islands in the Mediterranean in the order of 
their size. 

(c) What is the most populous empire in the world ? 

(d) What is the capital of Persia? of Thibet? of 
Japan ? 

(e) Name the four large cities in Australia. 

5. (a) When it is noon at San Francisco, what o'clock is it 

at St. Petersburg, the former being 124° west longitude, 
and the latter 32° east longitude? 

(b) Name three groups of islands west of Northern 
Africa. 

(c) Name the states along the northern coast of Africa. 

(d) Why is there little rain in Northern Africa? 

(c) Nanje five mountain-ranges in Europe and locate 
them. 

History of the Uxited States. 

1. What was the greatest political event of the American 
■Revolution ? Where and when was the last pitched battle 
of the Revolution fought? Where and when the last siege 
conducted? What was the result of this siege? Who com- 
manded the French fleet which aided Washington in the last 
year of the Revolutionary war? 

2. Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury? What 
measures did he take to establish the financial credit of the 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1897 41 

United States? Who was the first Vice-President? Who 
was the first Secretary of War? 

3. What was the most celebrated naval battle of the Revo- 
lution ? of the War.of 1812-15 ? of the Civil War? State the 
causes of these wars. 

4. When and by whom was African slavery introduced into 
the United States ? In what year was the slave trade abolished ? 
What was tiie Compromise Bill, and when was it passed ? 
What was the cause of the Mexican War? What territory 
was purchased at the close of this war? 

5. Explain briefly the Fugitive Slave Law ? During whose 
administration was this law passed ? Explain briefly the Kan- 
sas-Nebraska Bill. Who introduced it? By what other name 
is the Civil AVar known ? 

6. Name three decisive battles won by General Grant. 
What battles were fought by General Sherman between Chat- 
tanooga and Atlanta? What was the greatest moral event of 
the Civil War? Give the date of the beginning and end of 
this war. Why was President Johnson impeached ? 



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College of the City of New York, t898. 

Arithmetic. 

1. (a) What is meant by a minuend ? 

(3) Give the rule for multiplying one common fraction 
by another. 

(c) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of 
several numbers? Give an example. 

2. (a) Reduce to its simplest form tj 

(d) Reduce to a simple fraction 

f of I of 2J of 14. 
( c) Add together |, |, f . 

3. (a) Reduce -g^^ to a decimal fraction. 
(^) What part of | is f ? 

(c) Find the least common multiple of 24, 12, 180. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form : forty-five ten-thousandths ; 
three hundred and one, and sixty-six thousandths ; ten thous- 
and, and five hundredths. 

(d) What is the quotient of 6.26 by 2.6 ? 

What is the quotient of 6.26 by 0.0026 ? 
( c) Convert .875 into a common fraction and reduce the 
result to its lowest terms. 
6. (a) If the denominator of J is multiplied by 5, what effect 
is produced on the value of the fraction ? 
{d) Explain the reason of this. 

6. The garrison of a besieged city consisted of 2,000 men, 
and they had provisions for 8 weeks. After the siege had 
lasted 3 weeks a re-inforcement of 600 men was received. 
How long after this would the provisions last ? 

7. A speculator borrowed $18,000, giving his note at 6^, 
and invested the rnoney in bonds which he bought at 10^ 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 43 

below par. At the end of 6 months and 18 days he sold the 
bonds at 5^ premium and immediately paid his note with 
interest. How much money did he have left I 

8. A man spent -^ of his income for house rent, ^ of the re- 
mainder for clothing, |800 for all his other expenses, and 
had $200 over. What was his income ? 

9. A shopkeeper just starting in business, who had $1,000 
in cash, borrowed $1,000 from a friend, on a six months' note 
and had another six months' note for $1,000 discounted at a 
bank. He invested all the money in goods, and sold them 
within the six months. He sold half of these at an advance 
of 40^ on their cost, one third of them at an advance of 30^^ 
but the rest he had to sell at a loss of 54. When he had paid 
his notes how much had he left ? 

10. What will it cost, at 9 cents a yard, to plaster a room 21 
feet long, 18 feet wide and 12 feet high, and which has two 
doorways each 6 feet wide and 7^ feet high, and two windows 
each 12 feet high and 6 feet wide ? 

English Grammar. 

1. Analyze the following sentence : 

Home they brought her warrior dead ; 

She nor swoon'd, nor utter'd cry : 
All her maidens, watching, said, 

'* She must weep or she will die," 

2. In the above sentence parse the following words : /Wz/e*, 
brought^ dead, watching, will die. 

3. Guilt and misery shrink, by a natural instinct, ixom public 
notice j they court privacy and solitude : and, even in their 
choice of a grave, will sometimes sequester themselves from 
the general population of the churchyard, as if declining to 
claijn fellowship with the great family of man. 

Explain the expressions in italics. 

4. State the meaning of the prefix of each of the following 
words : Circumscribe, infallible, postpone, obstruct, reaffirm. 



41 coi.i.Miii-: ori:sri()Ns isus. 

Stale llic meaning of the siittix of each of the following- : 
Su(i-e'ss////, owJi^/fi/j, }nakei\ waspish^ gosling. 

0. Write a composition of one hundred and fifty words on 
the Maine disaster. 

CtEO(;rap}iv. 

1. Name the three South American republics on the Atlan- 
tic Ocean, the two on the Caribbean Sea, the five on the Pacific 
Ocean, the two inland. 

2. Tell in what States and on what rivers these cities sev- 
erally lie : (1) Bismarck, (2) Hartford, (3) Little Rock, (4) 
Louisville, (5) Minneapolis, (G) Nashville, (7) Omaha, (8) 
Poughkeepsie, (9) Topeka, (10) Wheeling. 

3. Where (in what (jcean or sea, near what land and in what 
direction from it) are (1) the Aleutian Islands ? (2) the Azores ? 
(8) the Hebrides? (4) the New Hebrides ? (5) the Ionian 
Islands ? (6) the Sunda Islands ? 

4. Locate these lakes : (1) Albert Nyanza and Victoria 
Nyanza, (2) Baikal, (3) Cayuga and Seneca, (4) Como and 
Maggiore, (5) Great Bear, (6) Great. Salt, (7) Ladoga and 
Onega, (8) Moosehead, (9), Nicaragua, (10) Wener and 
Wetter. 

5. (1) How much of P^urope and how much of Asia belong 
to the Russian empire ? (2) Name the oceans, seas and gulfsi 
and countries which surround it. (3) How much of the land 
of the globe l)e]ongs to the British empire ? (4) Name its 
principal colonies and possessions. 

'6. (1) Why do travelers go to Switzerland ? (2) Why to 
Egypt ? (3) Why to Naples and its environs ? (4) What scenery? 
natural formations and phenomena, v^^hat buildings and con- 
structions, may travelers in the United States be advised to 
visit ? 

7. (1) On maps the North is usually above, and people usu- 
ally say*' up north" ; what proves that the northern coast of 
both continents is lower than the land south of it for hundreds 
of miles ? (2) What is the greatest length of the United 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. ^^ 

States, from the mouth of the Columbia to the mouth of the St. 
Croix? and what is the greatest breadth of the country, from 
the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Canadian border? (3) 
How great will these distances be on a map drawn on the scale 
of 1 : 2,000,000 ? 

History. 

1. Give an account of the settlements. of Virginia and Rhode 
Island. Include the leading facts, names, dates, etc. 

2. Explain the origin of the names (1) " New York," (2) 
''Georgia," (3) ''Baltimore," (4) "United States." State 
when and how they came to be applied. 

3. What Presidents have died in office, and who succeeded 
them ? 

4. What European powers claimed parts of North America 
by right of discovery ? Which one claimed the Ohio region, 
and when and how did it lose it ? 

5. Describe the final campaign of the Revolutionary War. 

6. Give the Southern and Northern views of the secession 
question, 1861. 

^p^Answer but one of the following questions, giving the 
number of the one you answer : 

7. State all you know about Andrew Jackson and Abraham 
Lincoln. 

8. When, where and why was the Federal Constitution 
adopted ? Give a full statement. 

9. What powers have had possession of New York City 
since its first settlement, and state when and why it passed 
from the control of one to another. 



Normal CoIIcgfc. 

Arithmetic. 

1. Simplify (-f + ^ - -jg X -21) X If 

2. Find the cost of carpeting a room 25^ feet long and 18J 
feet wide with carpet } of a yard wide at 75 cents a yard. 



46 COLl.KGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 

3. Divide 45 uiillionths by 15 and express tlie answer in 
words. " 

4. If I) persons eat |,24 worth of bread in 4 months when 
Hour is worth $G a barrel, how much bread will a family of 4 
persons consume in 6 months when flour is |9 a barrel ? 

5. Berlin is in IS'^ 23' 53" E. longitude and San Francisco 
is 122^ 26' 15" W. ; When it is noon at the latter, what time 
is it at the former place ? 

6. What will 16 cwt. 3 qr 21 lb. cost at $21-| per cwt ? 

7. Find the cost of 136.75 lbs. at $5.50 per ton. 

8. A peddler buys oranges at 18 cents a dozen, and sells 
them at 3 for 5 cents ; what per cent, does he make ? 

9. In how many years will P,000 amount to $3,438.75 
at '2^fo simple interest ? 

10. Paid $54.80 to insure a house worth $30,000, what was 
the rate ? 

11. A merchant sells goods at a discount of 15^ from the 
marked price, and still makes a profit of 10^, how many per" 
cent, above cost was the marked price ? 

12. What is the cost of a draft of $1,000 for 60 days on 
Chicago, exchange being at 101^, interest 5^ per annum ? 

13. What is the cost of a draft in Paris on New York for 
$1,500 when the franc is $.193, premium being 4^? 

14. A boy wheels his bicycle 12|- miles due North and his 
sister hers 8J miles due West, how far are they apart ? (Carry 
out to two places of decim-als.) 

15. What is the face of a note bearing interest at 5^ and 
having 90 days to run that will yield $5,000 if discounted at 
date at 4^ ? 

Drawing. 

1. Draw a square five inches on a side, and in it any unit 
of design suitable for a surface covering. 

2. Draw any example of Egyptian or Greek ornament, 
vriting the name below. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 47 

3. Draw a cube about four inches on a side, the top below 
the level of the eye, two sides being visible. 

4. Draw a square pyramid, the base below the level of the 
eye and two sides visible ; the base about four inches on a 
side, the height of the pyramid nut less than six inches. 

(Ruling and mechanical measurement are not allowed.) 

English. 

1. Write a composition of not less than 100 or more than 
150 v.ords on the Spanish-American war, or on Admiral 
Dewey's victory, or on the battles of Trenton and Princeton. 

\CredU will be given for arrangement^ correct use of words ^ 
punctuation and granwiatical construction, for correct spelling 
LDid neat and legible handwriting?^ 

2. Define the words blockade^ capitulate, bombard. Write a 
compound sentence containing the word blockade, a simple 
sentence containing the word capitulate, and a complex sen- 
tence containing the word bombard. Contract the last sen- 
tence into a simple sentence. 

3. W^rite the possessive plural of boy, of hero, of monkey ; 
the masculine of witch, of spinster, of duck. 

Write the words for which the following abbreviations 
stand : A.D , Uit, Anon., M.D., and P. O. 

4. 1. When is a man said to be " relentless " ? Give its 

contrary. 
2. What is meant by "an indigenous plant" ? Give its 
contrary. 

3. Why is an expression called " ambiguous " ? Give 
its contrary. 

4. When are lines called "convergent"? What may 
they be when not convergent ? 

5. Fill each of the following blanks with some form of 
"flee, fly or flow " : 

{a) The hare — from the hounds. 
\b) The birds — , as the hunter approached, 
(r) Before he could fire, they had all — away in the 
diiection of the brook, which — by the meadow. 



48 COLLEGE (JIT ESTIONS— 1898. 

5. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 
Weil 111 repent and that suddenly while I am in some lik- 
ing i shall be out of heart shortly and then 1 shall have no 
strength to repent And I have not forgotten what the inside 
of a church is made of i am a peppercorn a brewers horse the 
inside of a church company villainous company hath been the 
spoil of me. 

God bless the flag and its loyal defenders 

while its broad folds o'er the battletield wave 
till the dim star wreath rekindles its splendors 
washed from its stains the blood of the brave. 

English Grammar 

1. When are adjectives said to be irregularly compared ? 
Compare the following words, ///, evil^ fore. Write the 
positive oi further. 

2. For what are verbs inflected ? What is an intransitive 
verb ? Write one example of a verb ordinarily intransitive 
with two objects. What is a defective verb? Give an ex- 
ample. 

3 Insert the word only in four different places in the sen- 
tence, / saw William yesterday. Tell the part of speech of 
each only, and explain the difference in meaning caused by 
the change of place in each instance. 

4. Classify the following clauses according to the divisions 
known as noun, adjective, and adverbial : 

He is not so courageous as his brother. 
I asked him where I could find the horse. 
I will buy such, things as please me. 

He did not enter into the question, how much, truth is pre- 
ferable to peace. 

5. Analyze the following sentence : 

Sleep is a death ; O, make me try.^ 

By sleeping, what it is to die, 
And as gently lay my head 

On my grave as on my bed. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1898. 49 

State (1) kind of sentence ; (2) write out separately each 
subordinate or dependent clause, and no other ; (3) write the 
kind of clause. 

6. Parse the italicized words in the above sentence ; also 
the italicized words in the following sentences : 

(1) He fought the good fight. 

(2) He walked over a mile. 

(3) He did nothing but laicgh. 

Geography. 

1. {a) How many great circles can pass east and west 

around the earth ? 
{b) How many can pass north and south ? 
\c) Draw a diagram of the zones. 
id.) Write on the diagram the names of the boundaries 

and the width in degrees of each division. 
{e) What is the latitude of the North Pole ? 
( /) What city in South America has no latitude, and why ? 

2. {a) Draw a map of the pre^nt city of New York. 
Ip) Write its boundaries. 

(f) Write the names of the boroughs on the map. 

3. {a) What are the largest three cities in the State of New- 

York ? 
{fi) What State produces the greatest amount of coal ? 
{c) Name four other coal-producing States. 
{d) Mention the largest four of the West India Islands, 

and the largest two of the Philippine Islands. 
{e) Mention the capitals of all the States west of the 

Missisppi. 

4. {a) What is the form of Government and what is the 

capital of each of the following countries : Turkey, 
Canada, France, Japan, British India ? 
[b) Which of these countries has the largest population ? 

5. [a) What European nations have taken possession of 

nearly all the African continent ? 
{b) How will a fleet sail (taking the shortest route) from 
Barcelona to Manila, and through what waters would 
it pass ? 

6. {a) What part of the Pacific coast of South America has 

abundant rain ? 
{b) What part has none ? 
{c) Account for the difference. 
{d) What territory of the United States is chiefly desert ? 



."^O COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1898. 

(g) Between what seas is Corea ? 

(/) In what country is the Euphrates River ? the Lena ? 
the Irrawaddy ? the Amu ? the Amoor ? 

History (U. S.). 

1. 1. For what purpose did the Dutch establish settlements 

in North America ? 

2. What name did they give to the country they occupied ? 

3. To the city at the mouth of the Hudson ? 

4. What other name was given to this river ? 

5. By what name was the Delaware known ? 

6. With what settlement had the Dutch trouble ? 

2. 1. What was the cause of King William's War ? 
2. Of Queen Anne's War ? 

•3. Of King George's War? 

4. In what respect did the French and Indian War differ 
from the three wars that preceded it ? 

5. Mention the treaty that terminated each of the four 
wars. 

3. 1. In what very dangerous condition were Washington 

and the other leaders of the Revolution prior to the 
Declaration of Independence ? 

2. Which was the most important battle of the Revolution, 
and why ? 

3. What European nations were represented by great 
men who assisted the Americans in the Revolutionary 
War? 

4. 1 Under what form of government was the Revolution 

conducted ? 

2. What important service was performed by Franklin ? 

3. Why was it necessary to establish the present Consti- 
tution ? 

4. Into what departments was the Government divided ? 

5. State the qualifications for a U. S. Senator. 

6. For President. 

5. 1. What two great victories were gained by the North on 

the 4th of July, 1863 ? 

2. Who were the opposing commanders in each battle ? 

3. Name two great admirals, and state what places they 
captured. 

4. State the causes of the following wars : 

(a) The War of 1812-15 ; 

(b) The Mexican War ; 

(c) The Spanish-American War. 



College of the City of New York, 1899. 

Akitiimetic. 

1. (a) Define a prime number. A clonominate number. 

Grive examples. 
{b) Give tlie rule for multi2)lying one decimal fraction 

by another. 
(e) AYhat is the least common (lividend of several 

numbers ? 
(d) What is shown by the numerator and what by the 

denominator of a common fraction ? 

2. {a) Reduce to its simplest form : 



1 nf 1 V 5 -i- 7 



T 

(h) Add : 

3 of 1 1 5 1 1 
2 ^^ -"-"2' ¥' TJ' 

(^) What per cent of 18 is -^ of %2. ^f 5 f 
{0) Reduce -prj-y to ^ decimal fraction. 
■4. (a) Subtract ~ 003 from 3.0001. 
(h) Multiply 5.1 by .031. 
(c) Divide 1.6 l)y .4, by .0004. 
5. (a) Why is it that multiplying the numerator of a 
common fraction by a whole number has the 
same effect upon the value of the fraction as 
dividing the denominator by that number ? 

(b) What effect is produced upon the value of a decimal 

fraction by moving the decimal point one place 
to the right ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this. 
51 



52 COLLKdK QlJK8TIONS-lS<)t). 

fi. If two kinds of coft'ee jire worth 35 and Ji6 cents a lb. 
respectively, and (diicory is worth 9 cents a lb., whnl will 
be the price of 5 pounds of a mixture, 20 per cent of which 
is coHee of the first kind, 30 per cent coffee of tlie second 
kind and 50 per cent chicory ? 

T. Ten men can do a piece of work in 8 days. In wliat 
time can the work be done by 5 men and 6 boys working- 
together, providing each boy does half as much work as a 
man in the same time ? 

8. A cistern has three pipes. The first can fill it in 4 
hours, and the second in 6 hours, while the third can empty 
it in 3 hours. On one occasion, after the first and second 
had been running together for tw^o hours, the third pipe 
was also opened. How long after the third pipe was opened 
was the cistern full ? 

9. A man bought stock having a par value of 120,000 at 
15^ discount. He held it for six montlis and received a 
dividend of 2fo during that time. Then lie sold it at 12f^ 
discount. What interest per annum did he make on his 
money ? 

10. A man sold two houses at the same time. For one he 
received $10,000 cash. For the other he took the purchaser's 
note at 60 days for $10,500, with interest at 6fo, and had it 
discounted at once at the bank. For which house did he 
receive the most, and how much ? 

En-gltsh. 

I, Analyze botli of the following sentences. A diagram 
is preferred, provided that every relation is clearly indicated 
and that the sentence and its main clauses are named. 

a. '' Tito was tlius sailing under the fairest breeze, 
and, besides convincing fair judges that his 
talents squared with his good fortune, he wore 
that fortune so easily and unpretentiously that no 
one had yet been offended by it.'' 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 58 

b. " There the conimou sense of most shall hold a 
•d fretful realm in awe, 
And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapi)e<l iu 
universal hiw." 

IL From the following passage select all the adjectives, 
adverbs and pronouns, write them down separately, and 
state the word to which each relates. Write down also all 
the finite verbs and all the nouns which are in the nomina- 
tive case. 

•' The Fool, the best of Shakespeare's Fools, made 
more conspicuous by coming after the insignificant 
Clown in Othello, is such an echo— mordantly witty, 
marvellously ingenious. He is the protest of sound 
common-sense against the foolishness of wliich Lear has 
been guilty, but a protest that is pure humor."' 

Ill, Write a letter of two hundred and fifty words from 
James Reid. a New York boy, to his cousin. Philip Mon- 
tross, who is travelling in Switzerland and who has just 
reached Geneva. Write about something that interests you. 
such as Dewey day or other recent happenings in the city. 

Geography. 

1. ^N'ame the sea east of Sweden, that west of Alaska, that 
south of Cuba, that east of Ireland, that west of Arabia. 

2. What river carries the water of the Great Lakes to the 
ocean ? . Which is the largest of the rivers that flow into 
the Mediterranean ? What rivers flow into the Indian 
Ocean (the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Ben- 
gal)? 

3. Locate these islands — Hondo, Madagascar, Majorca, 
Nova Zembla. the Parry Isles. 

4. Name the two mountain ranges that separate Asia 
from Europe, and the mountains between Tennessee and 
North Carolina. Where is the American Sierra Nevada ? 
and where the European ? 



54 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 

5. By what statet< ivs Peuiisylvania surrounded ? By what 
eouiitrios Germany ? 

(). Ill what state and on what river is Montgomery ? 
ISaeramento ? Peoria ? Dubuque ? Frankfort ? Augusta ? 
Detroit ? Bismarck ? Austin ? Eichmond ? 

7. Locate as definitely as you can, Bahia, Callao, Caracas ; 
Amsterdam, Brest, Hamburg, Palermo, Southampton ; 
Calcutta, Shanghai. 

8. How many miles is it around the earth on the equator ? 
How many miles is it from -New York to London ? What 
is the time at St. Petersburg (longitude 30° K. ) when it is 
noon at London ? 

9. What causes winds ? In what directions do the Trade 
Winds blow ? Why ? Why are they called Trade Winds ? 

10. Why are canals built ? For instance the Suez Canal ? 
Why is the Erie Canal less important than it was fifty years 
ago ? What would be the advantage of the Nicaragua 
Canal ? 

History. 

1. Describe the different kinds of colonial government 
and give an example of each. 

2. When and why did England pass ttie Stamp Act, and 
why did the Americans oppose it ? 

3. Describe the movements of Washington's army in this 
vicinity (Greater New York) from August 27, 1776, to 
November 16, inclusive. 

4. Under what circumstances were Louisana and Califor- 
nia acquired by the United States ? C-ive dates, etc. 

5. Name the Presidents who served two terms. Dates. 

f). What services did General Sherman render this country 
during the Civil War ? 

7. Jamestown. Vicksburg, Stony Point : Carrier, Decatur, 
Meade, Clay. Why are these names of places and persons 
prominent in our history ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 56 

Answer but one of the following questions, giving the" 
number of the one you answer \ — 

8. Describe Raleigh^s attempt to establisii Colonies in 
America. 

9. What are the leading points in the last three amend- 
ments to the Constitution of the United States ? 

10. What do you understand by the Missouri Compromise ? 

Normal College. 

Akithmetic. 

I. Simplify U X __1 

n. Two men contract to move a pile of brick for $57.00. 
The first furnishes 5 carts for 4 days, and the second 
3 carts for H days. How much should each man 
receive ? 

III. 2 cwt. 8 lbs. is what decimal of 81 lbs. 4 oz. ? 

IV. A bankrupt pays S3. 76 on every 15 ; what is the divi- 

■ dend on a debt of 117.355 ? 

V. Divide 60 into three parts which are to one another 
as 2. 3, 5. 

VI. A house worth 14,000 rents for $275 ; what rate per 
cent, does this investment pay ? 

VII. Five months after date (Dec. 10, 1897) I promise to 
pay J. 0. Thomas i540 with interest at the rate of 
G per cent, per annum. This note was discounted 
at a bank. April 10, 1898, at 7 per cent. What 
were the proceeds ? 

VIJI. What is the face of a bill of exchange in London for 
which I pay $975.00 in New York, the course of 
exchange being $4. 87^ ? 



66 COLLF.GE QUESTIONS— 1899. 

IX. A coinnus8it)ii inerchaiit 8old 2140 lbs. of butter at 23 
cents a pound. After deducting 5^ for his commis- 
sion and paying $30.50 for freight and charges, and 
$21.40 for storage, how much sliould he send the 
MuiM for whom he made the sale ? 

X. What is the exchange value of a franc when a bill of 
exchange on New York of |1,500 cost 2,925 francs 
in Paris ? 

XI. 1 sell two books at |3 eacli ; on tlie first I gain 25^ 
and on the second I lose 20^. How much do I gain 
or lose ? 

Xll. What part of an acre is a rectangular piece of land 12 
rods long and 132 feet wide ? 

XIII. An army lost 18fo of its men by sickness and then 14^ 

of the remainder in battle and then contained 
84,624 men. What was the original number ? 

XIV. A cargo of 400 bushels of wheat Avorth 11.20 a bushel 

is insured at | of 1^ per cent, on | of its value. If 
the cargo be lost, how much will the owner of the 
wheat lose ? 

X\". One side of a rectangular field is 95 rods long, and 
the diagonal of the field is 228 rods long. How 
many acres in the field ? 

Grammar. 

I. Define abstract noun, redundant verb, passive verhy 
' voice, defective verb, and write sentences illustrating 
each. 

II. Write sentences containing an adverbial clause, an ad^ 
jective clause, a noun clause. Write the possessive 
plural of dwarf and mou^e. 

III. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons : 
She don't know her lessons as good as formerly. 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. W 

Wasn't you sorry for her ? 

There is a wide difference between a good and bad 

boy. 

The Keepers have strict orders to interfere in every 

case of the rule against smoking being neglected. 
Whom do you think failed yesterday ? 
Who did I find in the class-room ? 
IV. Analyze the following sentence, stating the kind of 
sentence, the several clauses and the kind of each : 

Th igh we can follow hut obscurely the Aryan 
peoples from their common fatherland to their final 
settlements, we can yet assert that the profound 
differences which are manifest between the German 
races on one side and the Greek and Roman on the 
other arise for the most part from tlie difference 
between the countries in which they have settled. 
V. Parse but, yet, assert, manifest in the above sentence ; 
also the italicized words in the following sentences : 

Full many a gem of purest ray serene 

The dark imfathomed caves of ocean bear. 

Cease to do evil : learn to do well. 

English. 

1. 

In a letter, of from 20 to 30 lines, to a European friend, 

who has never been in this country, suggest a visit to Greater 

New York, and mention the principal features of interest 

to a stranger. 

(Credit will be given for arrangement, proper division 
into paragraphs, punctuation, correct use of words and 
capitals, and grammatical construction.) 

11. 
1. State the difference in meaning of : Emigrants and immi- 
grants, diseased and deceased, principal and principle. 



f»8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 18^9. 

2. Write sentences illustrating the proper use of thai,, 

{a) as a relative pronoun ; 
(d) as an adjective ; 
(n) as a conjunction. 

3. How would you address the President of the United 

States ? The Mayor of New York ? A School Com- 
missioner ? 

III. 

1. Explain the following : 

(a) A garrulous person, (b) An amphibious animal. 
(c) A surgical operation, (d) A microscopic object. 
(e) An unfathomable depth. 

2. What meaning do the prefixes ante and pofii impart to 

the expressions in which they occur ? Give one 
example for each, in a separate sentence. 

3. Define collective noun, and illustrate by a compound 

sentence. 

IV. 

Write no less than 14, nor more than 20 lines of a poem you 
committed to memory. 

V. 

Capitalize and punctuate properly : 

Just after president mc kinley's inauguration he had 
his relatives who were in the city at a family dinner at 
the white house it was a large company and a very good 
dinner dear old mother mc kinley was there but she was 
not very talkative she was too happy for words but she 
kept a sharp eye on the dinner and no detail of it 
escaped her she was impressed by the quantity of cream 
served with the fruit and coffee for she looked up at her 
son in her sweet way and said william you must keep a 
cow now some of the younger members of the family 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 59 

party found it difficult to suppress a smile but the presi- 
dent with his usual graciousnsss replied yes mother we 

can afford to have a cow now and have all the cream we 

can use. 

Geography. 

L 

(a) What is the difference betAveen the polar and equatorial 

diameters of the earth ? 

(b) When it was 9 A. M. to-day at Boston, 71° W., what 

was the time here at New York, 74° W. ? 

(c) Why do degrees of parallel decrease in length from the 

equator to the poles ? 

{d) How many degrees short of the South Pole does light 
fall on the 21st of June ? 

n. 

(a) Draw a map of Massachusetts. 

(b) Write its boundaries. 

(c) Write the names of three cities on the map in their 

correct positions. 

III. 

(a) What waters does the Erie Canal connect ? 

(b) Name two reasons for its importance. 

(c) Name four cities located on it. 

(d) What States border on the Ohio River ? 

(e) Name their capitals. 

IV. 

(a) Name the largest State in the Union ; the smallest : 

the most populous ; the first settled. 

(b) Name two States which are chiefly peninsular ; and an 

important product of each. 



60 COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 

(c) Xame four States which are ohie% mountainous; 
{d) Name tour whicli are destitute of mountains. 

V. 

{(() Bound iS'icarag-ua. 

{b) Why is the Nicaragua Canal important ? 

(c) What country in South America has no sea-coast ? in 
Europe ? In what continent is there no independ- 
ent State without a sea-coast ? 

VI. 

(a) Name four European countries which touch the Danube. 

(b) What is the form of government of each ? 

(c) Name four great rivers which flow from Switzerland 

into as many countries. 

(d) What are the capitals of Holland, Belgium, Hungary, 

and (ireece ? 

History. 
T. 

1. What idea led to the discovery of America by Columbus ? 

2. Give a brief outline of his life (not to exceed seventy 

words). 

3. What sections of this continent were explored by the 

Spaniards ? 

4. AVhat was the cause of Bacon's Rebellion ? 

11. 

1. Give the principal events in the history of New York 

from 1664 to 1674. 

2. When and where was the first settlement made in Mary- 

land ? 

3. What treaties ended King William's War, Queen Anne's 

War, and King George^s War ? 

4. Whom did the Indians assist in these wars ? 



COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1899. •61 

III. 

1. How did the French and Indian A¥ar contribute to the 

causes of the Revolutionary War ? 

2. When was the battle of Brandy wine fought, and who was 

victorious ? 

3. What important posts on the Hudson were surrendered 

to the Americans in 1779, and by whom were they 
taken ? 

4. AVliat European nations were represented by great men 

who assisted the Americans in the Revolutionary War ? 

rv. 

1. What was the cause of Shay's Rebellion ? 

2. In what year and from what place was the seat of govern- 

ment removed to W^ashington ? 

3. Describe the battle of New Orleans of the War of 1812. 
•1. What States were admitted during Jackson's administra- 
tion ? 

V. 

1. AVhen was the battle of Buena Vista, who were the com- 

manders, and which party was victorious ? 

2. When and to whom did the Mexicans surrender Vera 

Cruz ? 

3. AVhat important question arose at the commencment of 

Taylor's administration ? 

4. Of which party was Buchanan the candidate. 

VI. 

1. By what right did England demand the surrender of the 

envoys Mason and Slidell ? 

2. AVhich vessels did the Merrimac destroy at Norfolk ? 

3. Describe briefly the battle of Antietam. 

4. By whom and when was the last invasion of the North 

during the Civil War ? 



M COLLEGE QUESTIONS— 1899. 

VIL 

L. Wliat ['residents lieUl office for two consecutive terms ? 
'Z. From whom jincl for what sum was Alaska purchased ? 

3. When iind where were international exhibitions held in 

the United States ? 

4. AVhat form of government exists in the State of New 

York ? 



Spelling. 

The Hague, May 19. — One incident that occurred Sit the 
meeting was possibly of some significance. Sir Julian 
Paiuicefote, President of the British delegation proposed 
that the subject of humane regulations in extension of the 
Geneva convention should be assigned io two committees, one 
to consider naval and the other military affairs. The meet- 
ing negatived the suggestion and decided to refer the whole 
subject to a single committee. Mr. Andrew D. White of 
the American delegation supported Sir Julian, and the 
(XQiQ2^i oi t\\Q proposition indicates a \\nQ oi cleavage which 
will probably reappear when other questions arise. 

ManilAj May 20, 7:50 A. M. — The Filipino Commissioners 
on their way to join the other Commissioners were detained 
because they were not in sympathy with peace negotiations. 
. . Brigadier-general Funston has relieved General Wheaton. 



Alpaca. 


Hyacinth. 


Proselyte. 


Antarctic. 


Initiate. 


Havana. 


Bigoted. 


Javelin. 


Savannah. 


Visited. 


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Venetian. 


Codicil. • 


Noticeable. 


Jamaica. 


Dilatory. 


Blamablc. 


Pennsylvania 


Ecstasy. 


Parasite. 


Sicily. 


Halibut, 


Porcelain, 


Pyrenees, 



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